You are here
Two ministerial circulars to stress Lebanese women’s equity
19-1-2018
Prime minister Saad Hariri issued a circular yesterday restraining discrimination against muhajabat (veiled women) which prevents their access to state jobs. The directive comes after the minister of state for administrative development affairs, Inaya Ezzedine, raised the subject during a Cabinet session about ‘the muhajabat who applied for jobs in the public sector but were asked to take off the hijab’. Ezzedine stressed this contradicts with personal freedoms sanctioned by the Lebanese Constitution. On the other hand, the minister of education, Marwan Hamadeh, said he will issue a circular to all schools advising that children of Lebanese mothers married to non-Lebanese be treated on par with Lebanese nationals and not to be confused with foreigners or refugees. Hamadeh was speaking during his meeting with a delegation from ‘My Nationality is My Dignity’ campaign who revealed to the minister the many violations by schools and universities to this effect. The Campaign noted a wave of complaints at the start of the academic year from grieving Lebanese mothers married to non-Lebanese lamenting their children are being profiled as foreigners. Besides, Campaign activists maintained that Lebanese University (LU) students from Lebanese mothers married to non-Lebanese are being denied their health insurance as the LU Administration regards them as foreigners. (Al Diyar, An Nahar, Al Mustaqbal, January 19. 2018)
- 17 reads
- العربية
Categories
Events
No upcoming events
Job vacancies
Friday, October 9, 2015
Collective for Research and Training on Development - Action (CRTD.A)