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Draft legislation to criminalize sexual harassment in Lebanon
4-3-2020
NCLW referred to the attention of the head of the parliamentary Justice and Administration Committee, MP George Adwan, a proposal to adapt laws criminalizing sexual harassment. The proposal was made in collaboration with the Knowledge is Power (KIP) project on Gender and Sexuality at the Olayan School of Business, AUB, and Mashreq Gender Facility supported by the World Bank. It targets legislations that were earlier presented to the concerned parliamentary committees and those jointly prepared by civil society organizations, including NCLW, MP Ghassan Mkheiber, the ministry of state for women’s affairs, the ministry of state for the empowerment of women and youth and MP Enaya Ezzedine. In a statement issued by NCLW, the latter said it worked in cooperation with partners and stakeholders to incorporate articles revolving around sexual harassment in the respective labor law and penal code, as well as in Decree 112 regarding status of civil servants. The result was an integrated draft law to the end of protecting any individual against physical or moral violence. (NNA, March 3, 2020)
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