The minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, lauded the unprecedented appointment of three women to the elections commission following a recommendation he submitted to this end to interior minister Nuhad Mashnuk, noting that the three women are: Karine Geagea, Sylvana Al Lakkis and Arda Akmakji. Ogassapian underlined the significance of this step in the empowerment of women in various areas, calling for strengthening this with parallel measures in order to achieve the ministry’s goals, notably, the participation of Lebanese women in political life. (Al Mustaqbal, September 15, 2017)