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Tyre food and craft fair

3-2-2020

Under the patronage of the Federation of Tyre Municipalities and the presence of MP Inaya Ezzedine, Women’s Club (Ibhar) organized on Friday “Bil Shatwiyeh” (in winter) exhibition at Basel Assad Cultural Center in the city. The 3-day event showcased home-made traditional mouneh and soaps, crochets works, organic honey and various artisan crafts. In the opening, Ezzedine called on the new cabinet to adopt strategies that will boost national production sectors, notably, agriculture and industry, as well as support small enterprises and community initiatives to this end. She stressed the need for the government to develop an economic vision that guides the ministerial statement and national policies. Ezzedine pointed out that handcrafts and rural products displayed in the exhibition constitute the basket for daily food and household needs, which means it can contribute to strengthening domestic production and creating jobs for local labor. In addition, it can reduce unemployment rates and help in building an internal economic cycle that props local currency and secures liquidity for middle and low income families. (Al Mustaqbal, February 1, 2020)
 
 

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Female party leader of National Bloc confident that uprising will be successful

31-1-2020

The newly elected head of the National Bloc Party, Salam Yamut, said public affairs is her subject, adding that she joined the party 18 months ago. In an interview with An Nahar daily, Yamout said she engaged in politics when she realized that Lebanon is actually moving backwards because of its leaders’ ineffectiveness and indecisiveness. The ideal framework for political work is through membership in a political party, she explained, noting that she seeks to bring back the noble meaning of politics in serving the people. On the role of the National Bloc in the popular revolts, Yamut expounded saying, the uprising is a state of rebellion which will lead to changing the current political system that has grown to proportions that exceed its capacity to reform. She revealed that her party has developed a plan to this effect. The National Bloc Party has participated in the revolts, limiting its movement to street demonstrations, release of statements, putting up tents and holding open discussions, Yamut maintained. It also initiated coordination among revolutionary groups but withdrew after realizing young protesters are after decentralization. The fire of revolution will not fade away and the uprising will continue, Yamout concluded. (An Nahar, January 31, 2020)

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Lebanon and UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security

31-1-2020

NCLW chief, Claudine Aoun Rukuz, informed President Michel Aoun during a meeting with him yesterday, that the implementation of the national action plan of UN Resolution 1325 has started. This resolution, to recall, establishes the roadmap to justice and non-exclusion through a targeted program on women, peace and security. Rukuz explained that Resolution 1325 has stressed the role of women in achieving the conditions for peaceful, just and inclusive societies. The Resolution recognized women’s full capacity to participate in the same manner as men in building societies and in leading reform up to the realization of peace and stability. (Al Diyar, January 31, 2020)

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Assault on girl in southern suburbs, harasser in Ashrafieh indicted

31-1-2020

The General Directorate of ISF said in a statement yesterday that on January 21, a woman claimed to the Mreijeh Police Station against an unknown person for the disappearance of her disabled daughter (born in 1993). The latter has reportedly left her house on January 20 and returned the next day, her mother stated. The ISF statement went on to say, that upon hearing the testimony of the girl in the presence of her mother, it was found that she has been lured by three men to an area further to the South and was sexually assaulted by one of them in the car. Upon investigations, the assailant, identified as A.S (Lebanese, born in 1990), was arrested and referred to the competent judiciary, while the other two who are still at large are being hunted, the ISF statement concluded. On the same day, Beirut Court of Impeachment, headed by Judge Maher Shaito, issued an indictment against Johny A who intruded into the residence of his neighbor, Natalie R, in Ashrafieh in an evening of last December 2019, threatening her with a knife to have sex with him. The court’s decision charged the convict with a felony according to Article 50/200 of the Penal Code and referred him to Beirut Criminal Court. (Al Mustaqbal, January 30, 2020)

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Fujairah, UAE honors Arab businesswomen 

30-1-2020

Under the patronage of Sheikha Shamseh Bint Hamad Bin Mohamad Sharki, daughter of the ruler of Fujairah, UAE, Platform 09 launched its 7th edition aimed for the empowerment of women entrepreneurs in the Middle East. This year’s forum celebrates Arab women artists, designers and entrepreneurs who will share their experience and work with the audience. During the opening ceremony, Sheikha Shamseh said the platform reiterates the goal of this annual event which celebrates and promotes the success of Arab women from the heart of Fujairah to the Arab world. She invited the public to visit the exhibition and participate in praising those women “who inspired us in our journey to establish ourselves in our communities.” For his part, Sheikh Hamad underlined the importance of enhancing the role of women in exhibiting their capacity to pilot their ventures in the service of their nation. (An Nahar, January 30, 2020)
 

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International Women Film Festival in Egypt

30-1-2020

The fourth edition of the Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF) will be released on February 10 with the opening feature film, “Certified Mail” which has taken part in several international festivals and is screened for the first time in Egypt. The story of the movie revolves around Hala who faces her suicidal thoughts alone after her husband is detained.  The festival’s administration said in a statement that it has chosen 31 films from around 29 countries to compete for the award within two competitions for short and feature length films. On the sideline, a competition will be held for the best Egyptian film that portrays women’s issues among four films, and they are: “Certified Mail”, “Let’s Talk”, “When We’re Born” and “You Come from Far Away”. AIWFF screenings and activities will take place until February 15, and will be concluded with the honoring of three filmmakers, namely, producer Nahid Farid Shawki, editor Rahmah Muntasir and digital video editor Leila Sayis. The AIWFF, to note, is organized with the support of the ministries of culture and tourism and under the sponsorship of the National Council of Women and the Cinema Syndicate. (An Nahar, January 29, 2020)
 

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Claudine Aoun demand the inclusion of women rights in ministerial statement 

30-1-2020

Prime Minister Hassan Diab received yesterday NCLW president, Claudine Aoun Rukuz, to discuss women’s concerns and rights. During the meeting, Rukuz hailed Diab’s move to appoint six women ministers in the new cabinet applying, as such, the anticipated 30% representation quota which is not yet ordained by law. Aoun suggested including a section on women’s issues and rights in the ministerial statement. Rukuz also presented Diab with the topics currently handled by NCLW and its goals and handed him a copy of its national action plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325. The latter, to recall, was ratified by the government this past September awaiting its implementation by the new cabinet. Discussion also touched on the various laws related to women that are still pending in the government and legislature. (Al Diyar, January 30, 2020)
 

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Andalusian flamenco guitarist, Antonia Jiménez, stars in men’s world

29-1-2020

An Nahar yesterday spotlighted Andalusian flamenco guitarist, Antonia Jimenez, (born 1972) in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz, the flamenco hub in southern Spain. The artist, who does not belong to a Romani family but grew up with the gypsies, learned to play by herself simply by observing guitarists on television, An Nahar wrote. In 2000, Antonia moved to Madrid where she met and mingled with a generation of young talented and enthusiast flamenco dancers who trusted her and welcomed her aboard their shows giving her the chance of a lifetime. In an interview with the newspaper, Antonia said she broke the mold by entering a fiercely competitive male-dominated world. The flamenco guitar playing, she boasted, is considered a dominant field for women to assert their rights, especially in Spain where females have exhausted about 40 years of struggle during Franco’s dictatorship. (An Nahar, January 28, 2020)

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European funding to civil organizations, SMEs

29-1-2020

The French Development Agency, the French Agency for International Technical Expertise (Expertise France) and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) launched yesterday their joint project ‘Network’. The latter is aimed to develop the organizational capacities of civil society organizations in Lebanon to help them implement their plans, namely those that serve the most vulnerable persons, including marginalized women and girls across Lebanon, as well as Syrian women refugees. A joint financing of 8 million euros was allocated over a 3-year period to 7 NGOs, namely: Insan Association, Digital Opportunity Trust, Al Najdeh Association, Ruwwad Lebanon, Fair Trade Lebanon and Akkar Network for Development. These NGOs operate mainly in sectors, like education, fair trade development, digital technology and support for displaced persons, refugees, and marginalized women and girls. During the launch ceremony, event organizers released a statement noting that Lebanese NGOs play a fundamental role in addressing challenges facing the country, adding that the dependence of these organizations on financial aid from international donors reflects organizational problems they face. On the other hand, Expertise France concluded yesterday the activities of its EU-funded program which started in 2016 for the development of the private sector. To recall, said program assigned 15 million euros for restructuring or regrouping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within stronger groups in order to use the resources and incomes more successfully and cost effectively, in addition to expanding their market and facilitating their access to investments and creating new jobs. (An Nahar, Al Diyar, L’Orient Le Jour, January 29, 2020)

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Niqaab now banned within Cairo University

29-1-2020

Cairo University enforced the ban on wearing the full veil or niqab on its campus. The decision ensues a ruling by the highest judiciary authority, the Supreme Administrative Court, upholding the right of the university president to prohibit the niqab. The Court has earlier supported the directive issued by the former university president, Jaber Nassar, banning the niqab inside lecture halls and labs. The university administration has hence notified all its affiliated schools and institutes to immediately start implementing the decision, including the female faculty, straightforwardly asking them to either give up the niqaab or request a leave. The above decision was based on the executive law regulating university life, which binds faculty members to comply with its traditions, in addition to propping direct interaction among students, thus forbidding any instructor or professor to build a wall between him/her and his students. According to a report submitted to the president’s office, a problem might arise in one of the sections of the medical school, with some 20 niqaabi female professors, which could lead to a shortage in instructors should they all take a leave based on the ban decision. Recalling, that the Egyptian capital has made an unprecedented move by prohibiting the wearing of niqab at work in various Egyptian institutions, which is a novelty at any educational or non-educational facility. (Al Akhbar, January 29, 2020)

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