The National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) launched its new Gender Equality on the 21st of February 2014. The program which has received a grant of Euros 1.5 million from the European Union, seeks to strengthen gender equality in Lebanon through building the institutional capacity of the NCLW in addition to supporting the role of CSOs in advocacy for women’s political, social and economic rights as per the provisions of the NCLW ten year strategy for 2011 – 2021 that was launched back in 2013.
Source: Al-Nahar, Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Diyar 24 February 2014