IWD 2018 commemoration in Lebanon

Yesterday, President Michel Aoun asked women to take the initiative and raise their voices, stressing the need to abolish gender disparities, legally and socially, and promote equity in practice on the basis of competence and merit. Aoun was speaking during a consultative meeting at the Baabda Palace ahead of the International Women’s Day. For her part, the minister of state for administrative development affairs, Inaya Ezzedine, hoped the next parliament will endorse a legislative infrastructure that plays fair for women of Lebanon and disallows any form of discrimination against them. Furthermore, the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, stressed during a conference hosted by Mariam TV the need to streamline the culture of gender equality in all schools across the country. In a related vein, while the UN Women warned in a special statement for Lebanon that it is time to pave the way for gender equality, the EU maintained that the road to realize complete gender equality is still long. As part of the ongoing activities marking IWD, NDU held a conference on women, entitled, ‘She Powers’ outlining achievement and successes by women in the different sectors. Dr. Faisal al Qaq from AUB maintained in an article published in An Nahar newspaper that women’s health as a tool for change and progress is an effective strategy if it continues to work in Lebanon, noting that without promoting the health and rights of women there is no hope in changing societal and political components. Al Akhbar daily in turn highlighted the occasion through several investigative reports, stating that Women’s Day, which while meant to be a layover, should be celebrated each and every day. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, Al Akhbar, March 8, 2018)

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