Women Club of LU promotes awareness of women rights

In its last Friday’s edition, L’Orient Le Jour daily published an interview with Ahmad Gharbi, a student who took the lead in setting up a club on women issues, last November at the Lebanese University campus. Strongly in favor of the vital role of youth in making change, Ahmad sought to promote awareness among students of both sexes on the importance of respecting and protecting the rights of women. Ahmad, who is a chemistry graduate student from the southern port city of Saida, cited the difficulties he faced while attempting to get the approval for forming the club, adding that he was asked to select a “more relevant cause”. He also criticized the recent move to cancel an activity planned to take place at the university campus and focusing on the issue of political participation of women. “Protecting the rights of women,” Ahmad went on to say that “promoting women’s rights cannot be approached without the participation of their men partners”. He seeks to orient his fellow student young generation, in such matters as choosing the right partner, particularly women, who he emphasised, should be well educated and have a clear career orientation so that both parties can cooperate in their livelihoods. He also noted that many women students are themselves not aware of their rights. It is to be noted that the Women’s Club presently consists of 22 students of both sexes and from different religious and political affiliations. (L’Orient Le Jour, 27 February 2015)