Bassil requests the removal of the celibacy condition on women applicants to the diplomatic sector

Following the announcement published recently on the civil service website concerning the entrance exams for the diplomacy corps (category 3) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and which includes a specific clause (37) requiring women applicant to be single (for reference, view related news http://bit.ly/1DvUvLM), the current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gebran Bassil, has said through his twitter account last Friday that he has signed a new law proposal requesting the removal of section 4 of clause 12 of the law and which requires that women applicants be single.  Bassil added that the law petition was referred to the Cabinet for approval.  He also added that the original law number 1306 is dated 18/6/1971. To be noted that several women groups expressed, last week, their objection to the discrimination exercised against women in recruitment for posts in the Ministry.

(Source: As-Safir 31 January, 2015)