Name of ministerial portfolio modified to women’s empowerment

The president of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), Claudine Aoun Rukuz, urged concerned parties to modify the name of the newly established portfolio in the new cabinet formed on January 31 from the ministry of state for the social and economic rehabilitation of women and youth to the ministry of state for the economic empowerment of women and youth. The ministry, to note, replaces the former ministry of state for women’s affairs headed by Jean Ogassapian. As a result, the information bureau of minister Violete Khairallah Safadi, announced that, on February 1, she received a call from the secretariat general of the council of ministers stating that the prime minister has approved the requested change. For its part, the NCLW thanked the premier’s rapid response, praising the appointment of four women ministers for the first time in the history of the government in Lebanon, an hoping this be a promising start for a larger political participation of women. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, February 1, 2, 2019)
 

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