NCLW criticizes the electoral law drafts and demands participation in the discussions || Newspapers (Arabic)

The National Council of Lebanese Women addressed a letter to the Speaker of the House, Mr. Nabih Berri, as well as to the Parliamentary Commission entrusted with reviewing the various scenarios of the electoral laws, expressing its concerns with regards to the exclusion of women’s interests from draft electoral laws.  The letter noted that “the NCLW reminds the parliament that Lebanon is committed in its constitution to international UN conventions, especially CEDAW which Lebanon signed in 1997”.  The Convention insists on the need to take special or temporary measures to ensure the participation of women in politics and decision making. NCLW also referred to the National ten-year Strategy for Lebanese Women which emphasizes those measures and which the government agreed to last year.
NCLW also demanded during its executive committee meeting held in the presence of the NCLW vice president, Randa Berri, an official audience with the said Committee to discuss the integration of women’s concerns in the discussions of electoral laws.

Source: Al-Nahar 10 January 2013