In 2011, ABAAD began with a modest office surrounded by a breezy and refreshing garden, strategically located between Beirut and Mount Lebanon. ABAAD aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition to sustainable social and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa region. We at ABAAD envision a world where men and women live as equitable partners and work together to secure better lives for their future and the future of the societies they live in.