Francesca ASMAR (EL)

Chargé de cours

École de sages-femmes

+961 (1) 421 000 fransesca.asmar@usj.edu.lb


Education

Diplôme Université Pays Année
Licence - Droit: droit des affaires Notre-Dame University Liban 2015
Master - Droit et sciences politiques London School of Economics and Political Science Royaume-Uni 2016

Domaine d’expertise

Scinces politiques

Publications et communications

El Asmar, F., Jelalia, N. & Brown, E. (Forthcoming, 2025). Economic Gender Based Violence in SWANA region: A reimagined feminist response through intersectional advocacy and lobbying in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia. Kvinna till Kvinna. El Asmar, F. & Brown, E. (June 2025). Feminist MEL Guidance Note for the FemPawer Consortium. Bilingual publication in English and Arabic. Kvinna till Kvinna. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/166syQdn2rIRl5vO57N-3g-mL_prczMmb?usp=drive_link El Asmar, F. & Spencer, N. E. (2024). Knowledge is Power: A Youth Guide to SRHR in Lebanon. Oxfam. https://oxfam.app.box.com/s/bwzub6roo1ufmdervaowjzw1wrmju7ts/file/1727375723859 El Asmar, F. (2024). Documenting gender responsive and transformative best practices in Lebanon. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g0AHSPl9gNDaITZRikfdngOUiXWgvXFz/view El Asmar, F. (2024). Mapping and supporting women’s rights and women-led organization in Lebanon: a call to action for inclusive interventions amidst crises. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/108858 El Asmar, F. (2024). 9 good practices for feminist grant making: reflections and learnings from the experiences of Equality Fund grantees in Lebanon. Global Affairs Canada. El Asmar, F. & El Ammar, M. (2023). Bridging the gaps: Feminist perspectives on policymaking and women’s political participation in Lebanon. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Bilingual edition in English and Arabic language. https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/beirut/20333-20230614.pdf El Asmar, F. (2020). Claiming and Reclaiming the Digital World as a Public Space: Experiences and Insights from Feminists in MENA. Oxfam. https://bit.ly/39cAFh9, doi: 10.21201/2020.6874, ISBN: 978- 1-78748-687-4 Kachicho, N.J. & El Asmar, F. (2020). Social Media and Women’s Leadership: A Feminist Analysis. Hivos. https://hivos.org/assets/womeninleadership/2020/11/WE4L-Social-Media-Report-Lebanon.pdf Eghnatios, R. & El Asmar, F. (2020). Making the case for a transformed development ecosystem: a feminist reflection on the experience of RootsLab in Lebanon. Gender & Development, 28:1, 69- 83, doi: 10.1080/13552074.2020.1717181 El Asmar, F., Shawaf, N. & Mikdashi, D. (2019). ‘No One Asked’: Amplifying the voices of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon on their power to decide. Oxfam. https://bit.ly/33DzySm, doi: 10.21201/2019.5310, ISBN: 978-1-78748-531-0 El Asmar, F. (2017). Writing Lebanese Women into History: Masculinity, Femininity and the Civil War. Women Being Conference Proceedings. https://bit.ly/32wWTDT Shawaf, N. & El Asmar, F. (2017). ‘We’re not there yet…’ Voice of Refugees from Syria in Lebanon. Oxfam. http://oxf.am/ZaoC, doi: 10.21201/2017.0001, ISBN: 978-0- 85598-962- 0 Peer Reviewer: Goemans, C. (2020). COVID-19 crisis in the MENA region: impact on gender equality and policy responses. OECD. https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=134_134470- w95kmv8khl&title=COVID-19-crisis-in-the-MENA-region-impact-on-gender-equality-and-policy￾responses