NCLW and progress on Economic Rights || Newspapers (Arabic)

The National Commission for Lebanese Women’s (NCLW) Executive Bureau held a meeting in Baabda presided by First Lady Wafa Suleiman and with the participation of its vice-president, Ms. Randa Berri.  The meeting reviewed the progress and achievements of the “Wayn Ba3dnah” campaign concluding that the campaign succeeded in revising laws and decrees which impacted women’s economic rights negatively.  The campaign also succeeded in enacting a decree regarding equality in maternity leave which now guarantees 60 working days for women employed in both the private and the public sector.
The NCLW also noted the success in revising and reforming three laws to ensure equal treatment between men and women namely in the area of reduction of taxation as well as tax fees on inheritance, in addition to the revision of the pension benefits for the military which now recognize all wives of the deceased, in case of polygamy, to be beneficiaries of the deceased military’s pension.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Diyar 2 November 2012