Module 2, part III: Women’s Human Rights in the Family - Women and their Children
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is the second module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses on women and their children with four sessions: child custody and guardianship; filiation; transmitting nationality to children; and single mothers.
The Importance of Video Sharing by Civil Society Organizations
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource provides examples of video sharing websites where civil society organizations (CSOs) can enhance their work by uploading video clips and sharing them with a large audience.
Trainer's Guide: Workshop 1 - Social Media & Networked NGOs Overview and Strategic Planning
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This presentation for E-Mediat's Workshop 1 includes two days of training material: Introduction to Social Media; and Creating a Social Media Strategy Plan. For each day, an agenda, framing, outcomes and learning objectives are included. A highlight is the discussion of networked NGOs understanding the difference between traditional and social media, and the role of social networks in civil society. Instructions are provided for trainers to customize and localize the material. The intended third day of the training was for coaching.
Ten Reasons that Make Visitors Not Return to Your Website Again
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This file offers a list of 10 reasons that website visitors choose not to return to a website.
Social Advocacy
Language(s): French
Published: 2010
This document provides detailed information for those interested in social advocacy. The training defines advocacy, outlines the planning process, as well as implementation. It also provides useful examples.
ROCCD Policy Advocacy Handbook
Language(s): English
Published: 2012
This handbook is designed to facilitate improved provision of policy advocacy services by partner business development organizations (BDOs) in the Maghreb. It introduces tools that BDOs can use to organize, prioritize and monitor public advocacy activities and provides lessons learned from recent public advocacy efforts in the region. Training notes and workshop exercises are included, and case studies are provided for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Mobile Applications for Civil Society Organizations
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This file explains the use of innovative smart phone applications by civil society organizations (CSOs), such as to increase efficiency, provide information, data collection and surveys.
Module 9, Part IV: Women’s Human Right to Full Citizenship - The Human Rights of Physically Challenged Women
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is part of the ninth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. This file highlights women’s human right to full citizenship and the human rights of physically challenged women.
How is Your Popularity on Twitter and Facebook? The Twentyfeet Website
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This guide provides an overview of the TwentyFeet website, which measures users’ popularity and influence on social networking sites, including Twitter, Facebook, bit.ly and others.
The First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, OHCHR
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This file reviews the articles of the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is a treaty establishing an individual complaint mechanism for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
For more information, please visit the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/procedure.htm.
Tips for Writing Better Electronic Articles
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This file provides several tips for civil society organizations (CSOs) to write improved electronic articles.
Tips for Professional Video Shooting
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource provides an overview of professional video shooting and basic steps that should be taken into account before starting to film.
Tunisian Election Law Handbook for Lawyers
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
The comprehensive "Tunisian Election Law Handbook for Lawyers" describes and explains the country’s legal provisions surrounding electoral conduct. The handbook provides advice on applying Tunisia’s new Election Law and presents Tunisian lawyers with guidance on substantive law and procedures from the Constituent Assembly. The handbook also highlights potential areas of dispute and legal strategies in assisting citizens on election legal issues.
Writing a Radio Script
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2013
This file briefly reviews stages of writing a radio script and types of radio scripts, as part of training for women and youth in political participation.
Module 9, Part I: Women’s Human Right to Full Citizenship - Freedom of Movement
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is part of the ninth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses on women’s human right to full citizenship and freedom of movement. The theme includes two sessions: women’s right to freedom of movement and the impact of male migration on women’s rights.
Introduction to Successful Advocacy
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
This is an introductory look at advocacy, focusing on who is a successful advocate, developing plans, media outreach and legislative drafting.
New Media for the Networked NGO Worksheet: Editorial Calendar for Blogs
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2012
Defining the Goals and Crafting the Message
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
The presentation presents nine questions related to strategic communication and five steps to successful advocacy.
Module 1: Introduction to the Concept of Human Rights and Oneself as a Subject of Rights
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is the first module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses the concept of human rights and oneself as a subject of rights. It includes nine sessions: introduction to the concept of women’s human rights; introduction to the concept of liberty; introduction to the concept of dignity; introduction to the concept of equality; discrimination against women; introduction to gender analysis; introduction to the sources of law used in the program; protecting women’s human rights: individual responsibility; and collective mobilization for the promotion of women’s human rights.
Coalition Building
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
This presentation describes the importance of coalitions, forming a coalition and includes examples from Venezuela, Honduras and Yemen.
Focus on Morocco | Civic and Political Participation Topic Brief
Language(s): English, French
Published: 2010
This report presents a demographic breakdown of survey findings on civic and political participation in Morocco. It includes engagement in organizations and activities on political and social issues, voting behavior and women's opinions on policy priorities. The survey was implemented in December 2009 and January 2010.
New Media for the Networked NGO - Keynote Address by Beth Kanter
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2012
Module 9, Part II: Women’s Human Right to Full Citizenship - The Impact of Corruption on Women’s Human Rights
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is part of the ninth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. This file reviews the Module9 in the program: Women’s human right to full citizenship and the impact of corruption on women’s human rights. The theme includes three sessions: corruption and gender; corruption in the judicial system; and corruption and elections.
Second Guide for NGOs: Networking and Alliances Between Non-Governmental Organizations
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2013
This guide describes the basics of networking and alliances between non-governmental organizations. It focuses on network objectives, network types and stages of networking, and also includes a networking exercise.
Cooperative Advocacy
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2015
New Media for the Networked NGO: Principles of Successful Networked NGOs
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2012
Focus on Yemen | Health Care Access Topic Brief
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
This report presents a demographic breakdown of survey findings on the extent of access to formal healthcare in Yemen. It focuses on women and issues of affordability, quality of care, utilization and proximity to medical services. The survey was implemented in June 2010.
Focus on Morocco | Paid Work and Control of Earnings and Assets Topic Brief
Language(s): English, French
Published: 2010
This report presents a demographic breakdown of survey findings on paid work and employment in Morocco. It focuses on participation of women in the formal economy and control over their earnings or other assets. The survey was implemented in December 2009 and January 2010.
Module 2, part II: Women’s Human Rights in the Family - Divorce
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is the second module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. This section focuses on divorce, the second theme in Module 2. The four sections include: introduction to the concept of divorce and the different types of divorce in Morocco; divorce by the husband: without cause (talaq); divorce by the wife: without cause (khula and tamleeq); and divorce by the wife: for cause (taqleeq).
Social Marketing - Presentation
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
This presentation is linked to the Social Marketing curriculum resource. It focuses on the definition of social-marketing, its importance, ethics and common problems in cause-related marketing. The presentation provides examples, exercises, and an action and monitoring plan on social-marketing.
Workshop 4: Storytelling with Digital Video
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This presentation for E-Mediat's Workshop 4 includes two days of training material: Storytelling with Digital Video; and Creating, Sharing and Distributing Videos. For each day, an agenda, framing, outcomes and learning objectives are included. It includes focus on how videos can help NGOs, types of stories, digital storytelling, and uploading and editing videos.
The Concept of Human Rights
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2011
The workshop aims to increase participants' awareness of the concept of human rights. It introduces characteristics of human rights and identifies human rights related-terms, as well as the international human rights treaties.
Simplified Curriculum for Awareness Raising
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2013
This guide contains six chapters related to civic education activities for developing the Yemeni Constitution. This includes 1) basic principles and legal reference for the constitutional development process in Yemen; 2) the importance of awareness raising; 3) the role of constitutional society organizations; 4) the facilitation process and duties of community facilitators in constitutional outreach; 5) guidelines for community facilitators in discussions management; and 6) appendices.
Focus on Morocco | Health Care Access Topic Brief
Language(s): English, French
Published: 2010
This report presents a demographic breakdown of survey findings on the extent of access to formal healthcare in Morocco. It focuses on women and issues of affordability, quality of care, utilization and proximity to medical services. The survey was implemented in December 2009 and January 2010.
Why Do You Use Flickr?
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This file provides an overview of the features Flickr offers for saving and organizing images.
Module 8: Women’s Human Rights at Work
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This resource is the eighth module of the manual Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco. It focuses on women’s human rights at work and includes three sessions: discrimination at work in the formal sector: hiring, salaries, hours, and family responsibilities; discrimination at work in the informal sector: the case of domestic workers; and the right to belong to a labor union.
Munathara - Mobile App for Promoting Public Dialogue
Language(s):
Published: 2012
Tunisian CSO Munathara worked with local mobile developers to build this app promoting public dialogue. Users can record and upload a 99-second video on a key civic issue, which is then viewed and rated by other app users.
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/munathara/id572965744?mt=8
This app was funded by the IREX Social Media | Social Action program, through the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
Advocacy Case Studies: Hungary
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
This presentation outlines steps taken in Hungary to reform the law related to the obligation to ensure access for people with physical disabilities.
Action and Monitoring Plan (Social Marketing)
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2011
This template accompanies the presentation on social marketing and provides a sample action and monitoring plan.
Towards Environmental Advocacy: Workshop on Budget Advocacy
Language(s): English
Published: 2013
This resource provides training objectives, agenda, overview and student manual focusing on budget advocacy, focusing on budgets and the government budget cycle in Lebanon and
increase participants’ capacity in budget analysis and its use in advocacy. Part of the resource is available in Arabic.
Focus on Yemen | Paid Work and Control of Earnings and Assets Topic Brief
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
This report presents a demographic breakdown of survey findings on paid work and employment in Yemen. It focuses on participation of women in the formal economy and control over their earnings or other assets. The survey was implemented in June 2010.
Mohammed Bitar and Al Manarah - Mobile App for the blind and visually impaired
Language(s):
Published: 2012
Arabi Israeli developer Mohammed Bitar worked with Al Manarah to develop this mobile app for the blind and visually impaired, allowing this audience to listen to Arabic language literature on their smart phones. It also features bookmark and review functions. Al Manaraah is based in Nazareth, Israel.
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/jo/app/mktbt-almnart/id597383899?mt=8
This app was funded by the IREX Social Media | Social Action program, through the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
Module 4: Social Media Engagement Module
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This resource provides an outline for a four-week online training session that aimed to introduce social media, creation of a social media strategy and constructive online dialogue. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.
Focus on Yemen | Educational Attainment and Career Aspirations Topic Brief
Language(s): English, Arabic
Published: 2010
This report presents a demographic breakdown of survey findings comparing men's and women's educational attainment and career aspirations in Yemen. It compares those of different genders, age groups, regions, income levels and marital statuses. The survey was implemented in June 2010.
New Media for the Networked NGO: Integrated Content Strategy
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2012
New Media for the Networked NGO Worksheet: Facebook Editorial Calendar
Language(s): English, Arabic, French
Published: 2012
Trainer's Guide: Workshop 3 - Strategic Social Network Use for NGOs: Facebook & Twitter
Language(s): English
Published: 2011
This guide for trainers provides details on the two days of E-Mediat's Workshop 3, as well as an overview of the five workshops in the series. It gives an outline of what is included: participant agenda, trainer's agenda/outline and workshop materials. The appendix includes a Facebook content management worksheet. The topics for the two days are: Facebook Strategies for NGOs; and Facebook Engagement & Twitter Strategies for NGOs.
Participants' Selection Criteria
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2013
This resource details the Participants' Selection Criteria for training on women and youth political participation, including conditions that must be adhered to by participants.
Be an Expert on Facebook Pages... Tips for Greater Popularity
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2012
This file reviews the most common method for increasing the number of civil society organization (CSO) Facebook fans.
A Training Manual on Empowering Women With Rights to Inheritance
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 2013
This training manual contains detailed information about the concept of inheritance in Palestinian and Islamic law and the laws governing inheritance. It explains women’s shares in inheritance and property rights in religious and legal systems, along with problems women encounter in obtaining their inheritance. The manual offers practical steps for an advocacy campaign to raise women's awareness of legal procedures to advocate for their rights.