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Women’s rights & Francophonie in Lebanon
28-2-2019
French Ambassador to Lebanon, Bruno Foucher, launched yesterday the 9th edition of the Month of Francophonie which is celebrated during March of each years. This year’s slogan, ‘Au Feminin’, will have special focus on rights of women, including presentations given by women or are related to women’s issues that highlight struggle for rights in equality and law. Foucher, who was speaking during a press conference, said the French language comes in the second place after Arabic in Lebanon, pointing to over 50% of students registered in francophone programs, noting that this percentage could go up to 60% in public schools. This applies to the state-owned Lebanese University which embraces half of the country’s students where French is the second teaching language after Arabic, Foucher added. The French ambassador concluded by saying that, since Lebanon is a hub for spreading the French language in the Middle East, this prompted the Organization Internationale de la Francophonie to open its regional office here. Similarly, while the Romanian Ambassador to Lebanon said work should start with the youth, the Canadian Ambassador maintained that the event does not only promote the French language, but also the values involved. (L’Orient Le Jour, February 28, 2019)
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