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Unemployment among Lebanese women hits 35%
27-6-2018
The head of the Gathering of Lebanese Businessmen and Businesswomen (RDCL World), Fuad Zamakhal, said unemployment among women in Lebanon has reached an alarming rate of 35% . He said women should be inspired to work part time or full time in companies, or invest in startups founded and led by high potential females. Zamakhal was speaking yesterday during a roundtable discussion under the heading, ‘Lebanon 2018: Reducing the gender gap in the private sector’. The event was organized by RDCL in cooperation with The Business Year magazine and the Lebanese American Chamber of Commerce. Some of the topics tackled included: Women’s quota in the private sector, gender inequalities in employment, the cultural, social and financial hindrances facing women entrepreneurs and enhancing the presence of women in the male dominated sectors from education up to administration. Despite international acknowledgment that gender diversity in the workplace is useful for the growth and fiscal performance of companies, yet participants noted that only few Lebanese establishments work in this direction, which is reflected in the role of both men and women in structuring corporate governance. The Business Year director, Anne Laure Perrin, pointed out that the recommendations issued at the end of the roundtable seek to advocate women’s empowerment at work alongside and equally with men and to promote society’s recognition of the active role of women and enhance their role to serve the sectors in which they work as well as their nation. (Al Mustaqbal, June 27, 2018).
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