Lubnayiyoon launches the national platform to strengthen women’s political role

Lubnayiyoon Association launched last Tuesday a national platform to the political role of women in the Lebanese parties in the presence of the President of the Woman and Child Committee MP Gilbert Zuwayn and representatives of women organizations and journalists. On the occasion, Lubnayiyoon, President Nadine Daher pointed out that the women in politics theme was prompted not only “by our belief in the principles of democracy and equality which are violated in many aspects, but also by our conviction that women who are absent from the political seen have the capacity to bring about a positive impact needed to end the vicious circle.” For her part, the Kataeb Party Political Bureau member, Dr. Mira Wakim, urged the Lebanese parties to act as pressure groups to change the status quo and genuinely work to realize a balanced regional development and administrative divisions that take into consideration societal integration. Similarly, the Hezbollah Women Committees officer, Khadigeh Saloom, stressed the need to address the political presence of women as a social question that weigh in the attitude and the intellectual underpinnings of the various partisan factions in the country. Lastly, the Progressive Socialist Party Women Commissioner, Wafa Abed, noted that women’s rights are being denied or ignored in marriage, education, work, court, politics and state jobs. (An Nahar, October 1, 2015)