New civil awareness campaign on gender inequality in social protection

Launched on November 12, “Your Right is the Guarantee for your Family” ‎campaign (see http://bit.ly/1l4O6n8) organized last Saturday its first activity at ‎Spinnys Hypermarket in Beirut with the aim to raise awareness among women on ‎their rights in social security and protection. Seeking public attention, the project’s ‎coordinator, Yasmine Masri, disclosed that the activists offered to capture instant ‎pictures of random couples that happened to be in the store to arouse their ‎curiosity.  However, An Nahar newspaper said it would not disclose the idea ‎behind the action but would rather give interested people time to discover that on ‎their own, this forthcoming Saturday, between 2pm and 8pm, at Beirut Souks in ‎Downtown area. Likewise, Fadia Habib from partner association, Alef -Act for ‎Human Rights, described public response by saying: “Some people refused to ‎cooperate at first, but reacted positively when our intention was explained”. ‎‎“Others accepted wholeheartedly and were keen to know the purpose behind the ‎action”. Habib concluded by saying: “Everyone should become aware of the ‎gendered discriminatory nature of social security legislation as it impacts the entire ‎family which constitutes the nucleus of society”. (An Nahar, November 18, 2015)‎