Based in Lebanon, NO2TA Feminist Lab is a pioneer regional initiative which exclusively focuses its efforts on the production of feminist content in accessible formats and on the support of third-party media actors to apply a feminist rights-based lens when producing communication material or campaigning to promote women’s rights.
NO2TA’s multi-talented team has expertise in a myriad of fields including gender studies, media production and law, journalism, communication and knowledge production, campaigning and advocacy, humanitarian relief and development, as well as training, capacity building, and education, among others. this makes us especially capable of providing expert feminist analysis on a variety of topics, news, and contexts.
NO2TA represents “dotting the i’s” when it comes to feminism and gender-related issues. We intend to create innovative feminist content and analysis that is accessible and clear to all.
NO2TA represents the full-stop. We rely on creating innovative, avant-garde tools and strategies to effect positive transformation within our contexts of work, with zero compromising on our feminist principles and values, as well as our demands for basic rights.
NO2TA is the point of new beginnings. As a transformed media collective that breaks gender stereotypes and influence attitudes, behaviours, and social norms, we are here to make sure that the dominant patriarchal narratives within online spaced change, and to provide women, girls, and their advocates with a platform to amplify their voices, tell their own stories, and engage in public dialogue to create a just future.
We promote positive cultural transformation through producing feminist media targeting communities, activists, and journalists in the MENA region.
NO2TA’s mandate and interventions will be inspired by our vision for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region:
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