Amal Educational Institutions push back and maintain that motherhood is a natural right

In response to the report published yesterday in AL Akhbar daily under the heading, ‘Amal Educational Institutions: pregnancy not allowed for teachers’, (c.f: https://bit.ly/2skncxN), the institutions released a statement signed by its CEO, Dr. Rida Saadeh, claiming that the newspaper’s report contains distorted facts. The statement maintains that is the Institution is enforcing bar against pregnancy of its teachers, it would not have granted over 100 to maternity and health leaves during the academic year.  The statement further sustains that this is the teachers’ natural right and pointing out that female teachers represent nearly 85% of the faculty. The statement said the Institution has always been fair to its teaching staff and is among the first academic establishments in the country to recompense the salary increase according to the payscale ratified recently. The institution, the statement concluded, observes the laws that recognize the rights of its employees, in terms of salaries and leaves, as well as, in incentives, respect and acknowledgment, and abides by the state laws in effect when the State itself fails to do that. (Al Akhbar, May 31, 2018)
 

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