Meeting in Jezzine on women’s political participation

The Lebanese Electoral Assistance Project (LEAP) sponsored by the UNDP and the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) held last Saturday a meeting on elections and the participation of women in political life. The event was organized in collaboration with the Federation of the Municipalities of Jezzine District in the presence of its President, Khalil Harmoush, the NCLW Project Coordinator, Chantale Abu Akl, and the area’s mayors and municipal figures. The meeting discussed the significance of free and fair elections in democratic systems that usually engage women and youth in political life and the various electoral systems, as well as a brief history of the electoral process in Lebanon. (An Nahar, November 16, 2015)