A women meeting in Tripoli on Environment criticizes patriarchal mindset || Newspapers (Arabic)

The President of the Business Women Association in Lebanon and of the Tripoli Business Women, Leila Karameh Salhab, called for a meeting in Tripoli to discuss collaboration around environmental issues.  The meeting was held under the auspices of the Minister of the Environment Nazem el Khoury who was represented by Mr. Ghassan Sayyah and in collaboration with the Association of Green Lebanon. During the meeting, which was hosted at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Agriculture in the North, the head of the Green party in Lebanon, Nada Zaarour, shared the objectives of her party. Karameh for her part noted the importance of building a just state especially given the current challenges and damages faced at the political, economic, and environmental levels.  She also emphasized that Lebanon is ruled by a patriarchal mindset which excludes women noting the need to change towards a modern state.  At the end of the event, Sayyah shared the achievements of his ministry, especially in challenging environmental abuses in Lebanon namely the nomination of heads of departments in the Ministry for the first time in fifteen years, the approval of a law proposal to set up a district attorney for the environment as well as the decree for setting up the higher environmental councils. Other achievements noted include the ratification of the by laws for the Arab Environmental status.

Source: Al-Diyar 14 February 2013