Fekr Wa 7ayat workshop entitled “when women talk CEDAW”

Fekr Wa 7ayat Association organized yesterday and in collaboration with Partnership Center for Development and Democracy a workshop entitled “when women talk CEDAW” targeting women participating in the USAID funded programme entitled “economic empowerment for Lebanese and Syrian women”.
The workshop introduced the participants to the various components of the Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and highlighted the various clauses to which Lebanon expressed its reservation namely in relation to family laws, women’s right to transmit nationality as well as state arbitration.  The workshop also included the viewing of a film on cases of women denied the right to transmit nationality to their children followed by a general discussion and was concluded with the distribution of awareness raising material.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal 25 February 2014