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IWD commemorations kick off in Lebanon
6-3-2018
As usual during this time of year, various associations involved in women’s advancement seek to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) which falls on March 8 through activities that highlight the rights of women and demand lifting injustices against them. On the occasion, the Arab Women Council for Social Responsibility led by Lina Mkarzel, in collaboration with the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces and the Federation of Chambers in Lebanon, hosted on Saturday the ‘Arab Women Festival 2018’ under the slogan “Together we create”. Mkarzel on the occasion, cited the global gender gap report published last year by the World Economic Forum which noted that it will take 217 years to achieve gender parity in pay and in representation at the workplace, revealing a huge economic gap (nearly 58%) between men and women. Similarly, the USAID-funded Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) celebrated the end of the 3-day forestation campaign in honor of women on their special day. The event took place in Rashaya in the presence of NCLW president, Claudine Aoun Rukuz, who maintained that the participation of women in political decisions and activating their role socially and economically, have a direct and positive impact on environment. Meanwhile, the League for Lebanese Women’s Rights announced on Friday, that it will organize a rally on March 8 under the motto, ‘the offensive on our rights is still strong, we should be stronger’. Speakers during the press conference recalled the struggle of women in history and others called for drafting a provision in the constitution which clearly refers to gender equality. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Akhbar, March 3, 6, 2018)
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