Integrating gender in Order of Nurses programs

The National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding with the Order of Nurses represented by its president  Mirna Abi Abdallah Doumit at NCLW Hazmieh premises. The MoU seeks to integrate the concept of gender in the activities and programs of the Order of Nurses through conducting an assessment study related to the extent of application by the Order of the Participatory Gender Audit for further integration. The latter to note is a tool applied by the UN and the national mechanisms concerned with gender equality and women’s issues with the aim to develop relevant gender policies within each institution. NCLW is expected to implement the study in line with the methodology adopted by ILO. Specialized facilitators appointed by the Commission, in collaboration with a task force from the Order of Nurses, will carry out individual interviews with the coordinators, commissioners and members as well as partners of the Order from civil society organizations, in addition to workshops organized to this effect. (NNA, July 7, 2020)