Child Labor in Lebanon: A Breakdown
Lebanon has the highest proportion of working kids aged 10 to 17 in the world, with over 100,000 children in the country who are victims of child labor and illicit trafficking. Rights groups say better coverage of the often misreported story could help inform people about the realities of child labor.
Planting ‘Seeds of Hope’ for Tomorrow’s Generation
It's not an easy task to convince local villages of the benefits of biodiversity and native tree planting. Traditionally trees have come to symbolize an emotion related to Lebanon's cedar tree or as a form of generating income. To challenge this view, the American University of Beirut's Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable Futures (IBSAR) gathered...
Women, Non-Lebanese Children Get Raw Deal
Thousands of children in Lebanon are denied full access to education, health-care and residency because they do not have Lebanese citizenship.
Lebanese women cannot pass on their nationality to their children and in the event of separation, it is the father who gains automatic custody, according to Lebanese nationality law.
A Lost Generation: Iraqi Refugee Children In Lebanon
Denied basic human rights, refugee children are growing up in an environment of injustice, poverty, lack of education and carrying great psychological burdens. MENASSAT's Simba Russeau takes a look at the children of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon.
Lebanon: Children of Domestics
Official figures published in 2005 by the United Nations World Migrant Stock estimates that women represent 57.5% of the migrant population in Lebanon. Although most domestic workers leave their children in their home countries, there are an increasing number of children of domestic workers. Many children of domestic workers face marginalization and racism within the...
