The Lebanese League for Women’s Rights elects its new executive bureau and announces the recommendation of its eighteenth congress

The Lebanese League for Women’s Rights announced during a press conference held last week at the UNESCO Palace the results of the elections of its new executive and which now consists of Azza el-horr Mroue as the president, Amal SAfadai as the Vice President and Media Coordinator, and Linda Matar as the Foreign Affairs Coordinator.  The League also revealed the recommendations of its eighteenth congress which was convened earlier this month under the slogan “together we can work towards change”.  The League reiterated its intention to pursue its struggle to achieve full citizenship without discrimination between women and men through mainstreaming gender in general policies.  The League emphasised that it will continue to work on the reform of the penal code and the nationality law as well as adopting a civil family law and a law to protect women from domestic violence.  The League also stressed the importance of pooling efforts and adopting the women’s quota as a temporary measure to ensure women’s dignity as well as work towards a civil and non confessional state.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal 15 June 2013