Category: Blog

Building on Local Elections in Libya

Guest post by Frank Talbot On May 12th citizens from the Libyan city of Zawiya, located 45 km west of Tripoli, went to the polls to elect a municipal council. Preliminary results of the election announced by the Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) indicate that 63% of registered voters participated, although only 26% […]

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Getting Ready For GDPR

BCI’s preparing to protect your data We’re getting ready for new EU rules on data protection – also known as GDPR!  Thanks to all of BCI subscribers who have updated and/or confirmed their subscription to our website. If you haven’t updated your information, on or by May 25, 2018, we will delete your information from […]

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السياسة بغير طريقة!

صديقتنا وزميلتنا سابقاً فكتوريا الخوري زوين كتبت عن تجربتها كمرشحة في الانتخابات البرلمانية الأخيرة في لبنان فيكتوريا الخوري زوين ليلة الأحد، مباشرة بعد الانتخابات، سألني ابني الأصغر ريكاردو، عما إذا كنت حزينة … قلت له بأنني لا أشعر بأي ندم، وهذا الشعور العظيم أقوى بكثير من الشعور بالحزن وأخبرته بأنه في هذا اليوم 6 مايو […]

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Doing Elections Differently in Lebanon

Our friend and former colleague, Vicky El-Khoury Zwein writes about her experience as a candidate in the recent parliamentary elections in Lebanon Victoria El-Khoury Zwein Sunday night, right after the elections, my son, asked me if I was sad. I told him that I had no regrets and that’s a great feeling much more powerful […]

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BCI’s Arabic-language training videos for civil society organisations

With funding from the UK government and in partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Binda Consulting International prepared training companion videos for use by civil society organisations (CSOs). The videos, in Arabic, are adapted from trainings BCI delivered to participants in IWPR’s Ante Raeda (You are a Pioneer) program. They are companion […]

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Libya civil society organisations posters

This week BCI, in partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), participated in a conference showcasing our latest research on Libyan civil society organisations.  At the end of the conference, the UK-funded IWPR hosted an “NGO Fair” to allow the organisations an opportunity to meet with international donors and talk about their […]

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Post-Revolution Pioneers in Libya: New Research Released

On Monday, February 26, 2018, BCI presented the results of our recent research on women-focused civil society organisations in Libya.  We conducted this research for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting‘s Ante Raeda (You are a pioneer) programme, funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  At a conference, in Tunis, IWPR released the report […]

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Little Girls Should Make Many Mistakes: International Day of the Girl Child

October 11, 2017 was International Day of the Girl Child.  This year’s theme was ‘EmPOWER Girls: Before, during and after crises.’  According to the United Nations, adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90 percent more likely to be out of school compared to their peers in conflict-free countries. We know, from experience, that although women often make […]

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Empowering women and young girls: International Day of the Girl Child

October 11, 2017 was International Day of the Girl Child.  This year’s theme was ‘EmPOWER Girls: Before, during and after crises.’  According to the United Nations, adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90 percent more likely to be out of school compared to their peers in conflict-free countries. We know, from experience, that although women often make […]

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