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Ogassapian: Laws related to women are archaic and gender biased
6-7-2017
The office of the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, and the International Commission of Jurists organized yesterday a workshop entitled, ‘Addressing obstacles to access to justice for women in Lebanon’. The event took place at the Beirut Bar Association (BBA) in the presence of Ogassapian, the representative of BBA president, Lawyer Asmaa Dagher Hamadeh and a group of concerned people. In his opening address, Ogassapian pointed out that the issue of women’s rights has its roots in society, “and man, in this respect, is largely responsible, being the supporter of the laws that impede a woman’s access to her rights.” The minister went on to describe such laws as outdated and unable to promote equality, but in fact deprive women of their right to participate in political life and in sovereign decisions. Such injustice, Ogassapian maintained, is a loss to the State and amounts to absence of justice.” The minister also touched on the prejudice in legislations concerning women especially at the family level, noting a serious defect that necessitates adjustment and amendment in close cooperation with concerned associations, lawyers and civil society groups. He stressed on legislations related to the penal code, social security and the criminalizing of sexual harassment. For her part, Hamadeh said the goal of the conference is to create a legal strategy-based apparatus among women human rights lawyers that allow access to legal knowledge and justice. (Al Mustaqbal, July 6, 2017)
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