Hbeish and Banna women winners of the ‘Your Right is a Guarantee for Your Family’ competition

Within the framework of the national campaign, ‘Your Right is a Guarantee for your Family, Huda Hbeish and Haifa Banna won the media competition launched by Search for Common Ground (SFCG) non-governmental organization in coordination with Act for Human Rights (ALEF). The above young women were offered the opportunity to publish their articles on An Nahar’s s electronic portal. Hbeish for example, shed light on the imbalanced socio-economic conditions of women in Lebanon, while Banna highlighted the absence of gender equality, in her short film entitled ‘Your Social Security is useless. The two winners will be honored during the closing ceremony of the Campaign as part of ‘Everyone is a Winner: Economic and Social Empowerment of Women in Lebanon’ initiative. The latter it should be noted, is the outcome of cooperation between a number of associations, including, Amel International, Nahar al Shabab, the Progressive Women Gathering, Smart Center for Media and Advocacy, ABAAD, Caritas Lebanon-Migrant Center, the National Community for Following Up Women’s Issues, LOST and the Women Workers’ Union Association in the North. (An Nahar, April 7, 2016)