Tunisia

Tunisia, the country that touched off the wider democracy movement known as the Arab Spring, was also the first country emerging from the movement to hold free elections. The historic elections were held October 23rd, 2011 and the E-Mediat Tunisia program played an exciting role in supporting this transition to democracy.

One of the NGO community’s primary goals in this process...

Beirut, Lebanon

Wafa Abed, President of the Institute for Progressive Women

Amending laws that discriminate against women and promoting the passage of laws that empower them and allow them to be part of the decision-making process...

Tripoli, Lebanon

Nahla Elmounir, E-Mediat participant and Media Officer for the Safadi Foundation

“E-Mediat is a very important workshop. I personally learned lots of new things related to the pages and websites I already had been using but in a more professional way. (E-Mediat)...

Ajloun,  Jordan

Soumaya Mumani, founder of Umm Al Lulu

Prior to its participation in the E-Mediat program, the grassroots organization Umm Al Lulu Society in the rural area of Sakhra, Ajloun, had no knowledge or experience using social media tools except for the occasional...