Recommendations from Baalbaq to activate women’s public role

The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training, (LOST), issued yesterday a number of recommendations at the end of its conference entitled ‘Development of Women’s Participation in Politics’ (http://bit.ly/1PyeQJ3). These can be summarized as follows: Design empowerment programs for women inside their households; form women groups to raise awareness on the importance of women participation in public affairs; overcome difficulties that may impede women’s development; demand from the ministry of education to review the national curricula so as to promote the role of women in society; solicit the media to provide more space for promoting the role of women in political life; educate men and raise their awareness on women’s role in community; support the involvement of women and their participation in associations and community groups, create more projects aimed at the development of women’s skills; urge political parties to promote the access of women in public employment, particularly in senior posts, to train women on their rights and responsibilities , and finally to adopt the women’s representation quota in all electoral bodies and within the Cabinet. (Al Mustaqbal, December 31, 2015)