Liban Post honors 6 women pioneers and MoT issues commemorative stamps

In cooperation with the American University of Beirut (AUB), Liban Post honored yesterday six women pioneers under the theme “They are the First”. During the ceremony attended by the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, the ministry of telecommunications and in coordination with the national postal operator in Lebanon, issued the first edition of commemorative stamps in recognition of the honorees’ achievements. Ogassapian stressed the presence of women as an essential partner in decision making in decision making positions within all constitutional spaces similar to men, stating that obstacles preventing women from demonstrating their capacities and potentials should be destroyed. For his part, AUB President, Fadlo Khury, pointed out that the six women honorees have largely contributed to the advancement of the Lebanese society and to bringing together its constituents. “Were it not for the prominent role of women, the impact of civil war would have been more devastating,” Khury maintained. The honorees are: Mirna Bustani (being the first MP), Leila Solh Hamadeh and Wafaa Dika Hamzeh (first female ministers), Nina Trad (first lawyer), Adma Elias Abu Shdid (first female graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at AUB in 1931) and Saniya Zeitun (the first female member of the Order of Engineers and Architects in Lebanon in 1945). (Al Mustaqbal, March 30, 2017)