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2020 IWD activities in Lebanon
9-3-2020
As customary on International Women’s Day which falls on March 8 of every year, concerned bodies organized activities to mark the occasion reminding everyone of the confiscated rights of women and demanding an end to gender based discrimination and oppression. In a wrap up, Mousawat- Wardah Botros, the League for Lebanese Women’s Rights, FENASOL and Al Najdah Association staged a sit-in in front of the ESCWA offices in Beirut during which participants pressed for lobbying public opinion to work for eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women. They also called for the following: the adoption of a unified civil status law; giving Lebanese women married to non-Lebanese the right to confer nationality to their family members and the ratification of a non-confessional electoral bill. A petition was signed requesting the enactment of a law that sets age of marriage at 18 for both males and females. Also, a women led rally was organized in front of the National Museum during which protestors hoisted signs that read: “We want to retrieve all our rights from male-dominated society,” “freedom for all is our fundamental demand,” “the patriarchal authority is far more dangerous than the Corona virus,” “raise your voice louder, and never relinquish your rights.” In a related vein, the Lebanese Red Cross Youth Sector- Jbeil, in collaboration with Human Environmental Association of Development (HEAD), held an environment targeted activity during which one thousand trees were planted in the town of Kfoun. As per official statements congratulating women on their day, while President Michel Aoun called for a unified civil status law that lifts injustice against women, House Speaker Nabih Berri, pledged to continue struggle hand in hand with women to the end of reaching full partnership in all aspects of life, development and prosperity for the sake of the Lebanese citizen and the nation at large. Similarly, Prime Minister Hassan Diab, stressed his support to women, saying: women not only represent half the society, but they are much more. They are emotion givers, educators of the future generation and active partners in society, as he put it. For her part, LF MP, Sitrida Geagea, considered that Lebanese women are avant-garde in various walks of life. Their boldness, she said, was exhibited this year during the uprising and popular movements Lebanon has witnessed since October 17. (An Nahar, Al Diyar, March 8, 9, 2020)
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