Female empowerment

Awarding Certificates Of Attendance For Virtual Courses at AIU- 2nd Edition

2022-12-28T12:44:55+01:00

Awarding Certificates Of Attendance For Virtual Courses at AIU within The Implementation Activities Of FREE Project – 2nd Edition. In the scope Erasmus + CBHE projects, namely Female Academic Role Model Empowerment, Equality and Sustainability at Universities in Mediterranean Region: towards 2030 Agenda, and as part of the concluding activities, AIU has awarded Certificates of attendance to trainees, for online courses, the 2nd edition at the Equality and Sustainability Center, at AIU.  The activities of FREE project were concluded during September 2022, after four successful years of project implementation.  Certificates of attendance were delivered to the course trainees in a [...]

Awarding Certificates Of Attendance For Virtual Courses at AIU- 2nd Edition2022-12-28T12:44:55+01:00

Sexual Harassment Policy Brief for Lebanese Higher Education Institutions

2022-12-28T12:50:18+01:00

FREE Erasmus+ Project: Sexual Harassment Policy Brief for Lebanese Higher Education Institutions Within the framework of the FREE  Erasmus+ activities, a sexual harassment policy brief was prepared by the Lebanese universities consortium (AUB, LU, and MUBS) on January 2022. The aim of this policy brief is to promote a safe, respectful and ethical work and academic environment in which members of the HEIs community are free from any kind of sexual harassment.  Coordinated by the National Distance Education University-UNED- (SPAIN), this project aims at enhancing the role of female academics in Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria through increasing the number of [...]

Sexual Harassment Policy Brief for Lebanese Higher Education Institutions2022-12-28T12:50:18+01:00

FREE project is at RISE Conference

2021-12-07T04:45:58+01:00

AUB Remarkable Participation at RISE Conference As part of FREE activities to empower women and coinciding with AUB’s Co-Ed Centennial celebration, Dr. Rida Elias chaired a workshop discussing challenges and barriers facing females in academia and proposed ways to overcome them. The workshop was part of RISE conference at USJ sponsored by the MC Division at AOM. Female academics from multiple universities in Lebanon and USA participated in the workshop. It was an amazing very fruitful workshop. Thank you to all those who attended and contributed.

FREE project is at RISE Conference2021-12-07T04:45:58+01:00

The first workshop of E&S Center at Damascus University!

2021-06-12T01:17:34+02:00

The first workshop of E&S Center at Damascus University! The workshop took place between 30 Mai to 3 June, 2021, at Free Training room of E&S Center at Damascus University (opened last month). It was organized in the context of a work aiming to provide the female researchers at Damascus university with knowledge and understanding of climate change and renewable energy. The workshop conducted by Utah Energy Company (a leading local company in renewable energy) and its main objectives were to: • To provide knowledge of recent advancements in Solar PV and Green Energy. • To demonstrate design and simulation [...]

The first workshop of E&S Center at Damascus University!2021-06-12T01:17:34+02:00

AIU Awarding Certificates of Attendance for Online Courses

2021-05-14T22:17:18+02:00

Awarding Certificates of Attendance for Online Training Courses In the Scope of FREE Project “Female Academic Role Model Empowerment, Equality and Sustainability at Universities in Mediterranean Region: Towards 2030 Agenda – FREE” In the scope Erasmus +capacity building in higher education  project, namely Female Academic Role Model Empowerment, Equality and Sustainability at Universities in Mediterranean Region: towards 2030 Agenda, and to celebrate the International Women’s Month, Arab International University held an event to award Certificates of attendance  to trainees, for online courses, at University Council Hall on Tuesday 9 March 2021. Prof. Dr. Tamer Al Haja, President of Arab International [...]

AIU Awarding Certificates of Attendance for Online Courses2021-05-14T22:17:18+02:00

Virtual Training at South Mediterranean Region

2021-05-01T09:55:43+02:00

Strategic Alliances, Stakeholders and Participatory Measures at HEIs in South Mediterranean Region Strategic Alliances, Stakeholders and Participatory Measures at HEIs in South Mediterranean Region is A FREE project workshop series which aims to provide training in the scope of Equality and Sustainability to draw Strategic Plan for the E&S Centers. Training: Online Restricted to FREE Project members Training Calendar: 05, 12, 19, 26, April 2021- 05, 17, 24 May 2021 Time: 10:00 am -12:00 pm CEST ( Central European Summer Time)

Virtual Training at South Mediterranean Region2021-05-01T09:55:43+02:00

Virtual Training courses are out!

2020-07-24T16:29:45+02:00

FREE Virtual Training courses are here! Finally after several months designing and implementing this virtual training initiative, finally we can announce the launching of our FREE courses.  On July 1st, we began our first edition of our FREE virtual training courses. A product designed by all FREE partners as a tool to give female academics, staff and  students, the necessary training skills to reach their maximum development and increase their decision making capacity at high management levels within Higher Education Institutions (HeI). These courses also seek to challenge the gendered culture within our academic organizations, strengthening awareness and stakeholder’s commitment towards gender equality [...]

Virtual Training courses are out!2020-07-24T16:29:45+02:00

Partner Universities launch their Call

2020-07-24T16:28:37+02:00

FREE Project partners recently have launched their calls for the first edition of our virtual training courses, to begin on July 2020 After several months of hard work our Partner Universities, finally can this FREE virtual training initiative, targeted towards female academics, decision makers, administrative staff and students. These courses will have no cost and will be conducted 100% through the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain), UNED's virtual platform for online courses. A limited number of places will be granted to the 7 South Mediterranean Region FREE Partners, so take a look at the course description and objectives [...]

Partner Universities launch their Call2020-07-24T16:28:37+02:00

Dissemination at Damascus University

2020-07-24T16:02:51+02:00

On March 8 Damascus University  celebrated an academic act to disseminate FREE Project at Damascus University. Looking forward to building the capabilities of Syrian female academic students who pioneered to work in the academic field, an introductory seminar took place at Skills&Career Management Center. Dr. Abdul Salam Zidan presented an overview of FREE Project and had a very interesting discussion with the attendees about the problems they face in practicing academic work. At the end of the session the obstacles and recommendations were as follows:  Obstacles:  - Marital status (difficulty in choosing between work and home).  - Lack of awareness of [...]

Dissemination at Damascus University2020-07-24T16:02:51+02:00

Awareness Workshop at AIU

2020-07-24T16:03:48+02:00

FREE Project was happy to chair the awareness workshop that took place to celebrate Women’s Day last March 2020 at Arab International University, AIU Echoing the principles of United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals in the 2030 Agenda, FREE Project aims at reducing the differences between men and women within the academy in Syrian universities. That is why AIU conducted an awareness workshop to celebrate Women’s Day last March 8th.  During this event Prof. Dr. Serene Dalati presented the female academic population with several statistics and figures showing the main difficulties that women encounter during their professional lives within the academy and [...]

Awareness Workshop at AIU2020-07-24T16:03:48+02:00