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Enabling women and girls to reach their full potential Gender equality is a long-standing priority for WeWorld policy. WeWorld is working in 27 countries with a gender mainstreaming and interesectionality approach, focusing on the promotion of the rights of all women and girls. therefore we are also working to ensure that women and girls are […]

The ceasefire in Gaza is welcomed by We World, but we must NOW continuously ensure that all parties strictly adhere to International Humanitarian Law (IHL), including the principles of distinction, proportionality and the taking of precautions in attack. According to We World CEO Dina Taddia, “In Gaza the population lives on the edge, suffering from […]

It was precisely at 18:09:40 on August 4th 2020, when a massive explosion originated from a warehouse storing tons of ammonium nitrate at the port of Beirut, and sent shockwaves throughout the city. Antoine remembers it vividly as it was at this exact time that one of the wall clocks broke down, freezing the moment […]

Eight refugee families living in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, are at imminent risk of forced eviction. Their houses would be assigned to Israeli settlers.  This is not an isolated case in East Jerusalem. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, around one thousand Palestinians (almost half of whom are children), are […]

The agricultural sector in shambles Despite contributing in a derisory way to the overall GDP, agriculture plays a significant role in some of the poorest regions of Lebanon. In Akkar and North Bekaa, where the climate is moderate, the soil rich, and water resources abundant, agriculture-related activities account for up to 80 percent of the […]

More than one year out of school Students in Lebanon are feeling the consequences of the pandemic, just like their peers from all over the world. Unlike the others, however, in Lebanon, children and young people at school age have to face an even more dramatic situation characterized by multiple crises. Even before the COVID-19 […]

A snapshot of rural reality in Lebanon For the past couple of years, a combination of economic, political, financial, security and sanitarian crisis is testing the capacities of the Lebanese society as a whole. Following the government decision to introduce new taxes, on 17 October 2019 peaceful protests sprung up across the country with tens […]

In the world, 7 out of 10 victims of unexploded devices are civilians, more than half of them being boys and girls. This is why – on International Day for Mine Awareness and Action Against Mines – we want to reiterate that the action of mine clearance of the areas affected by past and present […]

Amman, Jordan, March 30, 2021 — In reaction to the funding cuts for Syria announced at the Brussels V Conference, 37 aid agencies warn of the skyrocketing needs across the country and urge donors to renew and increase their support. “Today’s pledged funds are urgently needed by millions of Syrians at home and dispersed across the region. They are needed […]

From Bologna the good practices to build the educating community. The roundtable “GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE BOLOGNA AREA – From the national guidelines to the educational community needs”, organized on the 25th of February by WeWorld in collaboration with the City of Bologna and the local partners of the projects MigratED […]

Allowing real-time monitoring of hydro-meteorological conditions, strengthening the early warning system and improving preparedness in facing flood events. This is the goal of the automatic station on Río Paraguay, which also integrates a rain gauge, that the Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology of Paraguay (DMH, Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología) has recently installed for real-time […]

WeWorld Community Protection Approach (CPA) has been awarded 1st place as the best practice of Result-Based Protection by InterAction. Results-Based Protection is a problem-solving approach to reduce risk and protect people in humanitarian crises. It involves targeting interventions on specific risk factors to mitigate threats, reduce people’s vulnerability to those threats, and increase capacities to […]