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Training of ISF officers on curbing gender-based violence

28-9-2017

The Internal Security Forces Institute in Aramoun distributed yesterday certificates among ISF and General Security officers who completed training on ‘combating gender or social status-based violence in security institutions’. The course was organized between 13/2/2017 and 6/4/2017 in coordination with the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU). Some 20 ISF and 15 GS officers participated in the training. During the graduation ceremony, ISF Institute Commander, Brigadier General Ahmed Hajjar said the idea of the course comes from a firm conviction to improve concepts and approaches employed by the security apparatus in the country in line with international standards and national legislation combating this type of violence. Hajjar hailed LAU’s initiative to provide scholarships for 13 officers allowing them to pursue a specialized diploma in the field. For her part, IT innovator Diala Muhtar said the course covered many important topics, including: human rights system; defining gender-based violence and role of security institutions in combating it; the local legal framework of these issues (laws, conventions, treaties), in addition to case studies and discussion and sharing of lived experiences by participants. )Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, September 28, 2017(

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Emily Nasrallah receives a press shield

28-9-2017

The President of the Order of Lebanese Press Editors, Elias Aoun, visited yesterday Lebanese novelist and writer, Emily Nasrallah, and handed her the Shield of the Order in recognition of her literary, intellectual and journalistic contributions. Aoun congratulated Nasrallah for receiving the German Goethe Award earlier in August and checked on her after the surgery she underwent. He commended Nasrallah’s loyalty, integrity and honesty, describing her as the “paragon of the woman on which good societies are built”. Nasrallah in turn thanked Aoun for his initiative, and voiced hope that the Lebanese press would remain free and independent, and that Lebanon would continue to be a platform for free speech. (Al Mustaqbal, September 28, 2017)

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5 bakeries control the Lebanese market on a sectarian basis

27-9-2017

In a special feature today, Al Akhbar newspaper highlighted the bread industry in Lebanon as a basic commodity in the local market and a staple food for the average Lebanese household. According to the union of owners of bakeries in Lebanon, the country consumes around 20 to 22 thousand tons of flour each month and produces some 1070 bread parcels from each tons of flour, Al Akhbar wrote. It cited a survey by Blom Bank research center which has shown that the country’s production of bread in 2012 alone reached 785 thousand parcels per day, that is equivalent to nearly 23.5 million parcels a month. This means that Lebanese people spend roughly USD 23.5 million on bread alone each month. The above study revealed that 5 basic players control the local bread market, and they are: Moulin d’Or, Wooden Bakery, Pain d’Or, Shamseen and Sultan. The director of sales at Wooden Bakery, Michel Chaker, said small-scale bakeries account for nearly 45% of the market, while the five-bakery cartel dominates 55% of the overall domestic bread supply. On dividing shares, the study said Shamseen came first, seizing 21 to 23% of the local market shares, followed by Wooden Bakery (12-13%), Moulin d’Or (11-12%) and, finally Sultan and Pain d’Or (10-11%). In conclusion, the study noticed a difference in popularity from one region to another which is largely governed by geo-sectarian factors. While Moulin d’Or, Wooden Bakery and Sultan are prominent in the Mount Lebanon and Byblos markets, in terms of the number of branches and their share of supplies and distribution, Shamseen projects itself as the chief supplier for the South and Beqaa areas. (For full report in English, please check: https://goo.gl/4VSuCX). (Al Akhbar, September 27, 2017)

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It is never too late: Women in Saudia allowed to drive!

27-9-2017

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdel Aziz issued a royal decree yesterday allowing women to drive for the first time inside the Kingdom. According to the decree, traffic system provisos, including issuance of driving licenses, shall apply to both males and females. It said, “the majority of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars had approved the permissibility of women’s driving,” noting that this should apply and adhere to the necessary Sharia standards and laws”. Accordingly, a ministerial body will be formed from the interior, finance, labor and social development ministries to study the required arrangements within 30 days in preparation for the implementation of the order by June 2018. The decision was widely received in the Kingdom and the world, particularly in the US which considered it an extremely progressive achievement. US State Department spokeswoman, Heather Nauert said it is an important step in the right direction. To note, Saudi women have launched campaigns over the years to reclaim their rights to drive, and some have been jailed for challenging the ban on driving. (Al Mustaqbal, September 27, 2017)

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95.5% of job seekers use online job sites

27-9-2017

According to Bayt.Com, a leading jobsite portal in the region, 95.5% of job seekers use online job sites to find and apply for work. In its survey entitled, ‘Job seeker journey in the Middle East and North Africa’, Bayt. Com has shown that about 81.1% of respondents find jobs sites easy and user-friendly, against only 7.4% who indicated the opposite, and 11.5% who were neutral. The majority of respondents (83.4%) agreed that job sites allow them to find many relevant vacancies that match their background and experience, 7.7% were neutral and 8.9% against. When asked why online job sites are effective, nearly 66.2% said they were useful because they group all the vacant jobs into one easy-to-access place; 22.2% said they were useful because they help job surfers update their resumes and professional profile, as well as, help them track their applications and provide them with job alerts. (Al Mustaqbal, September 27, 2017)

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Sheikh Qassem’s attempt to rectify his statement about “women divorcees”

27-9-2017

Hizbullah’s deputy secretary general, Sheikh Naim Qassim, quickly responded to the controversy instigated on social media by his recent Ashoura speech on ‘raising children’, in which he undermined the dignity of women divorcees. Qassim explained that example he gave about the “divorcee woman teacher” relates to both sexes when they haul their emotional baggage on their pupils. Qassim expounded what he meant by the above, saying, “we should not confuse students with the problems of teachers and educators… this is only one example, and is not inclusive off all divorce cases,” as he put it. “Not every teacher (a woman) suffers disruptive psychological side effects resulting from divorce,” said Qassim. Qassim maintained that his viewpoint is that of Islam, which considers divorce as legitimate and does not insinuate guilt or condemnation, stating, that this absolutely affects the divorced man and woman. Qassim went on in his justification to say that the status and dignity of a divorced woman are safeguarded like any other woman, and so are her undisputable rights. “The value of a woman in our community is measured by her services, as well as, by her individual social and national role, regardless of her social status. Women in Lebanon, whether divorced, married or single, have proved to be solid pillars of the resistance society, and they are true partners in all the celebrated victories,” Sheikh Qassim concluded. (L’Orient Le Jour, September 27, 2017)

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Lebanon’s high hopes on China’s Silk Road

26-9-2017

High hopes are being thrown on reviving the Silk Road to China for stimulating the national economy, developing infrastructure and strengthening the status of women. Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon, Wang Kijian, said, in a lecture at the Lebanese American University, that given its strategic geographic location and its exceptional banking sector, as well as, its cultural and human resources, adding that Lebanon is an important player in the Silk Road as a link between Asia and Europe. Also to be noted that the Lebanese minister of economy, Raed Khury, recently signed in China a memorandum of understanding between the two countries on joint cooperation in the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road . (http://bit.ly/2wRxlX9). During the event, Khury also expressed Chinese desire to invest in the Lebanese infrastructure, especially with regard to transportation. Similarly, the president of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), Claudine Aoun Rukuz, noted in a recent address to the Chinese-Arab Women’s Forum in Beijing that the Silk Road initiative will strengthens bilateral relations between Lebanon and China, and represents a big opportunity to promote the role of women in all the participant countries, calling for the development of Lebanese women’s capacities and resources to guaranteed a successful participation in the that pioneering scheme. This, she maintained, concurs with the growing interest by Chinese companies in the country as a hub for the imminent reconstruction of neighboring Syria. Finally, Rukuz also spoke about the need to develop women’s capabilities and skills so as to be able to compete on equal footing with men. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, September 18, 20, 26, 2017)

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Lebanese cuisine growing in popularity locally and abroad

26-9-2017

The Lebanese cuisine is growing more popular in Lebanon and abroad. In this respect, Lebanese chef, Cynthia Bitar, owner of the authentic ‘Nazira Catering’, partook in the ‘week end de la gastronomie Libanaise’ in Marseille, France. Bitar, who has graduated from one of the best catering schools in the world, the Lyon-based Bocuse Institute, and worked at Fauchon Traiteur in Paris, is famous for the good quality of her oriental recipes. Speaking to L’Orient Le Jour, Bitar said the Lebanese gourmet foods are becoming trendy around the world, and revealed the introduction soon of a new assortment of traditional Lebanese meals grafted with a dash of contemporary cuisine. On the other hand, and in parallel to Beirut’s newest title as the Best International City for Food, the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafes, Night-Clubs and Patisseries in Lebanon, organized the 2nd edition of the Beirut Restaurants Festival. With the support of the ministry of tourism and in partnership with Hospitality Services, the event will host more than 70 eateries and will take place in the district of Mar Mkhail between September 29 and 30 from 5p.m to 1a.m and on Sunday October 1 from 12p.m to 11p.m. (L’Orient Le Jour, September 21, 26, 2017)

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Smart ESA and INJAZ Lebanon promote young entrepreneurs

26-9-2017

As part of its commitment to create openings for young entrepreneurs, INJAZ Lebanon non-government organization held its 11th annual national Young Entrepreneurs Competition (YEC) 2017 at the AUB campus. The event held under the patronage of Banque du Liban, aims to select the best school and university teams respectively for the ‘Best Company’ award. The winning teams are: Ayadi from USJ and Innovating Green Technology from AUB. Ayadi is an online platform that aims at building connections to facilitate volunteering and social services through networking volunteers and donors with charities, NGOs, municipalities and groups or associations in need for volunteers. Innovating Green Technology, on the other hand, aims to resolve the natural energy crisis in order to become more effective, starting from the solar heater system, through inventing the PRO-Shield product. Meanwhile, the director of Smart ESA startup accelerator and incubator program, Jihad Bitar, revealed in an interview with An Nahar, that the program has received about 300 applications, noting that only 15 students were accepted. The selection method, Bitar stated, is based on choosing the best projects, with focus on the individuals or the team behind the launching. Bitar also pointed out that 10 out of the 15 Smart ESA beneficiary entrepreneurs have been shortlisted for the final stage on October 10 to present their projects before a group of investors and businessmen in order to be adopted or receive the required funds. The projects include, marketplace app, a diabetes smart watch, applications similar to snapchat and a smart bulb. (Al Diyar, An Nahar, September 21, 26, 2017)
 
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Banking on ICT sector to generate jobs for the youth

26-9-2017

The information technology and communication sector presents itself as a promising industry in Lebanon particularly in generating jobs and stimulating the economy. In this respect, the CEO of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon IDAL, Nabil Itani, discussed during his visit to Stockholm the reality and prospects of ITC investments while touring a number of business incubators. The purpose of the visit which came upon invitation from IDAL’s Swedish counterpart, was to learn how to shift to knowledge-based economy and create a friendly environment for startups by helping them grow and prosper, in addition to establishing partnerships for exchange of information and expertise. In a related vein, the minister of industry, Hussein Haj Hassan, pressed the need to develop Lebanese economy through the creation of innovative opportunities in the development of software, electronics, and IT engineering and sciences. Haj Hassan who was speaking during his opening of the 12th annual conference of National Instruments, said: “We must be convinced that these contemporary industries contribute to resolving economic challenges and to building an economic component deeply integrated in the national economy.” Likewise, Lebanon’s Premier lauded the Beirut Digital District project in Bshara al Khoury neighborhood as a platform for digital investment and pioneering industries, in addition to its provision of jobs for the young generation. In the same context, Ogero launched its first Smart City concept at Beirut Misk with the fiber-to-the-home network, noting that this step comes in the framework of efforts by the telecom sector to keep with global groundbreaking ITC developments. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, An Nahar, September 16, 17, 18, 2017)

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