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Claudine Aoun calls again for boosting women’s political participation
6-11-2017
The president of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), Claudine Aoun Rukuz, said on Friday that now is the time to convince voters and politicians alike that a parliament with only 4 women MPs and a one-woman minister cabinet do not give a true picture of a society where women and girls excel in schools and universities as well as on the workplace. Rukuz was speaking during the opening of a workshop on ‘the electoral law and the participation of women in the 2018 Parliamentary elections’ organized by the National Alliance-Women for Politics in collaboration with LADE. While stressing that NCLW efforts to improve women’s political participation will continue, Rukuz spelled out extensive work on her part through a special committee to step-up capacity building and awareness raising aimed at persuading political leaderships to adopt reassuring steps in this direction. Rukuz stated that she fully backs the nomination of women by political parties and buoys up those wishing to run for elections. On the other hand, the first Lebanese lady, Nadia Chami Aoun attended the annual charity dinner organized by Yaduna association for women’s heart health and was present at the 20th anniversary of Bal International des debutantes at Casino du Liban. Aoun also sponsored a Plantation Day campaign ‘in partnership with USAID-funded Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) in the cedar forest of Bsharreh. (Al Diyar, November 4,5 and 6, 2017)
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