Lebanese Women Association in France aims to promote women's role

The Lebanese Women’s Association in France launched a series of cultural, social and art activities kicking off with the honoring for the Soprano Rima Tawil, who is living in France. The musical evening aimed at achieving the following: underscore the role and supportive undertakings of Lebanese women in the Diaspora; exchange experience and assistance between members and friends of the Association and introduce the second and third generations to their homeland. Chairing the Association, Randa Lteif Estephan, migrated to France during the Civil War some 25 years back to follow up her studies and is now a French citizen and a cultural activist. Speaking to An Nahar newspaper, Estephan described her Association’s key objectives which seek to highlight the active life and performance of Lebanese women in France and to provide counseling support particularly in the legal and social arenas. According to An Nahar, this young women group includes 120 dynamic members in the fields of medicine, press, art, law, economy and entrepreneurship as well as housewives. (An Nahar, 24 August 2015)