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Solh at elderly welfare ceremony

25-06-2012

The Elderly Welfare Association held a national ceremony honoring grandparents in collaboration with multiple associations focusing on the elderly.  The ceremony was sponsored by Laila Solh –Hamade, Vice President of the Al-Walid Bin Talal Humanitarian Association.

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"Women Council" honors Salwa Younis

24-06-2012

The Lebanese Women Council held a luncheon honoring Salwa Ghaddar Younis in Hotel Bristol to honour her distinctive and humanitarian efforts.

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NCLW welcomed the approval of the national strategy

23-06-2012

National Commission for Lebanese Women welcomed the Council of Ministers’ approval on the National Strategy for Lebanese Women.
 

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Quota to encourage women to run for election

22-06-2012

First lady Wafaa Suleiman met the president of the EU ambassador Angelina Echhorist to discuss the status of women in Lebanon and the rules governing her rights, stressing the importance of quota on the new elections law temporarily to encourage women to
In addition, they discussed a new project funded by EU aiming to enforce gender equality.

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Political changes worry women

22-06-2012

New challenges appeared during the "Enforcing democracy through enforcing women political, social and economic rights" round table, challenges emerging from the political upraise all through the Arab area. The main of these difficulties to be how to protect the current status of women which civil societies and feminist movements worked hard to attain among the upraise of forces that do not believe in women rights.

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Men real partners to stop violence against women

21-06-2012

In collaboration, Abaad and the International Medical Corps launched the "Men's Center" aiming to provide psychological support and social guidance to men.  The Center was developed from the results of new scientific studies that indicate the importance to involve men as real partners in order to stop violence against women.

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Domestic workers facing endless injustice

21-06-2012

With the absence of legal protection, domestic workers in Lebanon often suffer injustice and outrageous malpractices.  Domestic workers are mistreated with very low working standards. The International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights Lebanon’s dark side to their economic activity in a workshop aiming to reinforce the role of nonprofits to defend and protect the rights of domestic workers.

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Nasawiya Café: In the name of Activism and Coffee

21-06-2012

Working from the grassroots, the founders of Nasawiya Café opened its doors this month in Beirut’s Mar Mikhail district.  The Café offers a progressive and open space concept for everyone, in particular, the activist community where the venue hosts dozens of gatherings by organizations.  Patrons can expect affordable “pay what you can” prices for food and drink as well as venue rental.

 

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2012/Jun-21/177573-nasawiya-cafe-where-having-a-coffee-is-for-a-good-cause.ashx#axzz1y7X87nTK

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Nicolas withdraws from violence sub-committee

20-06-2012

Nabil Nicolas, Member of Parliament (MP) of the Free Patriotic Movement withdrew from the subcommittee studying the draft law to protect women from violence. His withdrawal comes after Shant Janjanian, MP of the Lebanese Forces, last week, which raised questions regarding the destiny of the proposed law.

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Women's present image in media

20-06-2012

Mustaqbal newspaper published the results of an academic research that studied the image of women in the media. The conducted research answered questions such as: “Are women the decision makers of the media policy?” and “Are their participation in it real or they are just puppets of capitalism and market?”

With women making up 61% of the media industry, the producers and the anchors are 94% male. The question is raised whether the Arab media and the women in the media highlight the roles of women in reality?

The results showed that women in Lebanon have not accomplished the same level as men as Lebanon is a patriarchic society.

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