Women coalition requests women’s participation in the upcoming cabinet

A delegation of the Women in Parliament coalition handed Prime Minister Designate Saad Hariri yesterday a memorandum asking him to promote women’s participation in politics and endorse their positions in all other sectors. “We are fully confident that your upcoming cabinet will commit to the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and to the recommendations of Beijing Platform of Action in everything related to women’s participation in political life,” the memo said. It also reminded Hariri to help secure a women’s representation quota of not less than 30% of the Parliamentary seats in the projected electoral law, as well as the involvement of women in the upcoming government. The delegation concluded by saying, “We are hopeful that you will seek to change Lebanon’s abysmal position among world countries in terms of women participation in politics.” (Al Mustaqbal, November 10, 2016)