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Marked Kataeb participation in a seminar to promote gender equality
7-4-2017
A round table was organized yesterday by the Euromed Feminist Initiative, the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering and Association Najdeh under the title ‘from ministerial decisions to promoting gender equality policies in the Euro-Mediterranean region’. The event was held under the auspices of the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, and the attendance of the President of the Phalangist Party (Kataeb), Sami Gemayel, former minister Wafaa Hamzeh Dika and a crowd of dignitaries. Ogassapian pointed out to the countless discriminations and infringements on the rights of women, warning that recommendations issued by similar congregations should be implemented on the ground and a pressure group be formed to force politicians to fight the bigoted practices and crimes against women, otherwise they remain void and futile. Similarly, Gemayel demanded the eradication of all forms of discrimination against Lebanese women and their effective participation in political life of the country, pledging that his party will set proposals and vote for any draft law that supports gender equality. And while the head of the political section at the EU in Lebanon, Julia Koch, emphasized that the women’s quota is a preamble for women’s political engagement, Dika pressed for revoking all discriminatory legislations and narrow minds and souls as well. She called for introducing a clear and explicit text on gender equality to the Lebanese Constitution similar to many Arab countries and enacting a civil personal status law, stressing that women’s rights are indivisible. (Al Mustaqbal, April 7, 2017)
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