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Equal gender representation in parliament in 116 years!?
27-7-2018
The Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity (ACRLI) launched during a press conference held in Beirut yesterday a legal study entitled’ ‘Encouraging marginalized voices in the Lebanese political process’ supported by a grant from the US. The project is a form of legal inventory with the accomplishments and anticipations by women, especially on heated topics, such as the nationality law and women’s participation in politics, while taking into account the need for women and their advocates to join forces on the road to change. The main issues tackled were, the laws on family, nationality, the protection of women and family members from domestic violence, work and elections. During the launch ceremony, director general of Arab Women Organization, Fadia Kiwan, voiced resentment over the absence of electoral program from any schemes that contribute to fostering the role of women, stating that women blocs, and they are many, remain unproductive and ineffectual to this end. She sternly noted that Lebanese women need some 116 years to achieve equal representation in parliament. The above conference concluded with a number of recommendations, notably: setting off a new national campaign to endorse the adoption of a women quota; assessment of the 2018 parliamentary elections from the perspective of women participation in the process, the participation of women in political parties, commitment to full equality between men and women citizens in a projected new nationality law, and setting up a mechanism for the protection of women from domestic violence. (Al Mustaqbal, July 27, 2018)
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