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Saad Hariri at the Grand Serail (Photo by Dalati Nohra)

Lebanon Launches Plan of Ministry of Women Affairs

by Caroline Akoum | Mar 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Civil society organizations are looking positively to all the political pledges that are being made in Lebanon on the importance of empowering the role of women in society. They are simultaneously waiting what will come of these stances, especially...

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Lebanon gets its very first ministry for women’s affairs [AFP]

Lebanese Women Call for 30 percent Quota in Parliamentary Seats

by Caroline Akoum | Feb 2, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– Lebanese women rallied on Wednesday to call for an increased female representation in any parliamentary electoral law approved by the different political parties. While women constitute 51 percent of the Lebanese population and 54 percent of university...

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File photo—Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (C) meets with members of “March 14” coalition at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut on June 18, 2013. (Reuters/Dalati Nohra)

Lebanon government negotiations still deadlocked

by Caroline Akoum | Jul 14, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hopes of a breakthrough in Lebanon’s fraught attempts to form a new government have been dashed, with several issues remaining unresolved, according to observers. Prime minister-designate Tammam Salam and his opponents have reportedly failed to...