18/02/2018
Closing Date: Sunday February 18th, 2018.
About this position
In coordination with the Research Coordinator, the part-time Researcher/Ethnographer’s responsibility will be to recruit and manage contacts with study participants, conduct fieldwork, maintain field notes and memos, code and analyze qualitative data, collect and compile additional data relevant to the study aims, as well as write-up and assist in the presentation of research results of a one-year feminist participatory action research project entitled “Safe and Fair Migration from a Feminist Perspective” with migrant domestic workers through the Migrant Community Centers in Lebanon. The data generated will facilitate developing and improving community-building and advocacy strategies for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and the region.
About Anti-Racism Movement and the Migrant Community Centers
Anti-Racism Movement (ARM)’s mission is to decrease racist discrimination and abuse in Lebanon on the social and institutional levels by advocating for changes in the systems that perpetuate racist exploitative practices, through sensitization, awareness raising, advocacy, and community building for more just social and institutional frameworks in Lebanon. The main focus of our work is on women migrant domestic workers (MDW) and to a lesser extent on all migrant workers.
Building on our philosophy that recognizes the importance of community-building work, ARM created the Migrant Community Centers (MCCs) which grew from one small center in 2011 in Beirut to centers in three major cities by 2016, in addition to a Sunday educational space. The MCCs are free and safe spaces tailored to migrant workers and evolving according to their needs, where they can meet, learn new skills, work together, and access information, resources and assistance. The MCCs’ mission is to make meaningful improvements in the quality of life of migrant workers in Lebanon and their capacity to self-advocate to advance their socio-economic rights, and to contribute to a strong and powerful migrant civil society, with a focus on women as leaders of change. Since their creation, they have been offering free classes and other educational, social, and capacity-building activities, such as language classes, computer classes, health awareness sessions, rights education, advocacy training, cultural exchange events, social gatherings, and various holiday celebrations. The MCCs also serve as a hub where initiatives are launched, a space to have celebrations and get-togethers, and a casual space for migrant workers to spend time with each other. They increase the engagement of volunteers and local activists with MDW issues, and foster more collaboration between MDWs, local activists, and volunteers.
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At the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), we are constantly working on a multitude of different activities and initiatives. Most of our activities are only possible with the help of dedicated and passionate volunteers who work in collaboration with our core team.
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) was launched in 2010 as a grassroots collective by young Lebanese feminist activists in collaboration with migrant workers and migrant domestic workers.
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