MOSA and the national campaign to support women in governance

The National Commission for Lebanese Women (NLCW) launched yesterday, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA), the national campaign to support women in governance that falls within the framework of the MOSA-implemented project entitled “Strengthening women’s participation in local governance and development” which has received financial support from the Italian Embassy.  The event included only speeches by women including the NCLW representatives, Sossi Boladian, Carmen Geha representing Beyond who trained the women, and the acting director general of MOSA, Randa Bou Hamdan.  The latter noted that the past four decades witnessed increased concern in women's participation in decision making and setting public policies.  She added that women face many challenges namely marginalisation of their role and little opportunities to truly become equal to men.
The first secretary at the Italian Embassy, Palma D'Ambrosio, spoke for her part, about the role of the media in highlighting women's issue. She invited women to go beyond their political affiliations and to defend their right to political participation.  The event was concluded with testimonials of 8 women leaders in a number of political parties.

Source: Al-Nahar 10 October 2014