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Women’s lived realities still ignored by political circles
4-7-2017
Every passing day brings news of a suicide by a migrant domestic worker or the discovery of a prostitution and trafficking ring, amidst complete official political indifference, especially from the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, to deal with these problems, preferring to focus on elections. In this respect, and during a seminar organized within the framework of the International Center for Human Sciences in Byblos which read, ‘feminist accountability in issues of human rights’, Ogassapian seemed preoccupied with the next parliamentary elections. He urged the Lebanese people to practice accountability and not cast their votes for electoral lists if women candidates are not included so as not to reinforce the patriarchal society, he said, even if the balloter had to abstain from backing his party’s list. On another vein, a patrol of the South and Regional Directorate of State Security arrested a Palestinian national, 20 years, who confessed during interrogation, that he, with a Lebanese partner, have lured girls into prostitution. The suspects were referred to competent judiciary for further investigation. In a related vein, an Ethiopian migrant domestic worker (36 years) died Thursday threw herself from the sixth floor at a building in Tyre, after her employer returned her to the recruitment agency. The Lebanese Red Cross arrived to collect her body while security forces started an investigation into the death. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, July 2, 4, 2017)
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