LUPD’s goal is to ensure that women with disabilities have equal access to protection services, resources, and opportunities to report violence and discrimination.
Samar Al-Tfeili, a colleague from LUPD, contributed to preparing the report. It focuses on a critical gap in the protection of persons with disabilities and highlights the disproportionate challenges they face in accessing safety, shelter, and essential services.
Demands included the withdrawal of the Israeli enemy, the return of prisoners, support for the right of displaced people to return to their towns and villages, extending state authority over them, backing the displaced, and speeding up reconstruction.
On Sunday, September 6, 2026, the LUPD administration held its annual meeting with General Assembly members in the Baalbek region at the union’s center in the city. Over twenty members attended, along with Secretary Jihad Ismail, Vice President Hussein Jaber, Administrative Board member Zeinab Wahoud, and a number of friends and supporters. This gathering is […]
As part of the annual series of meetings held by the administration of general assemblies across the country, the LUPD held its annual meeting in the Bekaa.
the LUPD organized a discussion session to review the Accessible Sidewalk Standard draft, entitled “Inclusive Guidelines for the Accessibility and Use of the Built Outdoor Environment.”
Funded by the European Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by ACTED, the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities is providing medical and hygiene kits to beneficiaries in Beirut and Mount Lebanon through its Emergency Program. The July 31 distribution is part of the Integrated Response Project, which focuses on meeting essential needs and […]
LUPD held a rights-based session titled “Our lives are not less important than the lives of non-disabled people” highlighting the importance of self-advocacy in confronting the continued marginalization of the rights of persons with disabilities during the recovery and reconstruction phase. The session also reflected on the lessons learned from the displacement crisis, during which […]
Funded by the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) and implemented in partnership with Trócaire, under the project “Enhancing Access to Rights and Strengthening the Self-Reliance of Vulnerable Lebanese and Refugee Communities in Lebanon through Support to Locally Led Initiatives.” LUPD conducted a specialized four-day training for members of the Internal Security Forces in Baalbek-Hermel, […]
The LUPD main Beirut branch held an organizational meeting for its members on the afternoon of Saturday, July 11th. The meeting brought together members of the branch’s general assembly, and those present discussed living conditions amid the current circumstances and the lack of official attention to securing suitable job opportunities for people with disabilities. The […]
Empowering the next generation of advocates. On 8 July 2026, LUPD President Sylvana Lakkis, together with Abir, joined students at Haigazian University for an interactive session on disability rights, inclusion, and advocacy. The discussion explored LUPD’s journey from a grassroots movement to a leading organization advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in Lebanon, while […]
