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Euro-Med promotes women’s political participation
24-5-2018
The Euro-Med Women Network organized yesterday a dialogue table at the Riviera Hotel, Beirut to follow up on the outcomes of the 4th ministerial meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean on women’s rights hosted by Egypt last November. On the occasion, the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, said the Arab woman, and the Lebanese woman in particular, boasts aptitudes that allow her to continue the struggle to achieve her rights, hoping the recommendations from said meeting be implemented in line with a clear strategy, and wishing the new cabinet will embrace women ministers. Similarly, Christina Lassen EU Ambassador to Lebanon, said women in Lebanon still face many challenges, especially in terms of political participation, demanding further effort to realize the goals related to women’s rights. For her part, the executive director of Euro-Med Women Network, Boriana Jonsson, pointed out that women’s participation is fundamental, stressing that legislation to this end should be at the center of gender, education and human rights work. She called for the formation of committees to create an action plan for the implementation of the ministerial statement. (Al Mustaqbal, May 24, 2018)
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