Lebanese Women’s Council demands a minimum women quota of 30% in the cabinet || Newspapers (Arabic)

The Lebanese Women’s Council organised a press conference last Friday demanding that the new PM observes a minimum of 30% quota for women in forming the new cabinet and so as to avoid the reproduction of an all-male cabinet.
The president of the Lebanese Women’s Council, Jamal Hermes Ghebril, noted that the participation of women in the upcoming cabinet is a matter of national interests.  She also called on all the heads of parliamentary alliances to nominate women for the next parliamentary elections and asked that the next stage of political life be approached with a new mindset that will pave the way for a true practice of citizenship and for an improved image of Lebanon.  Finally, Ghebril also called for the participation of women in all current consultations and the dialogue processes in order to guarantee the end of civil violence.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal 13 April, Al-Nahar 15 April 2013