Lebanese men sport heels to stomps on abuse

Lebanese men strolled through Marina Dbayyeh in red high heels Sunday as part of the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” campaign, an international march in women’s shoes to raise awareness about violence against women. Civil society groups and activists still consider the law an achievement that resulted from years of lobbying for legislation on domestic violence. While the law has been successfully used to protect victims of domestic violence, civil society groups argue that problems remain with implementing the legislation.

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Overcoming threats, domestic workers in Lebanon establish unprecedented labor union

More than 200 women have gathered to declare the founding of the first trade union for domestic workers. “We want to be treated like human beings, like real workers,” said Leticia, “with this union, I will no longer feel alone in the face of abuse”. However, the ministry announced that it will not grant such a union a license  since it violates Lebanese laws that deny foreign workers the right to form their own unions, leaving domestic workers without any legal protection. Read more here.

Lebanese Women underrepresented in the workplace

In Lebanon, women continue to outnumber men in universities but are underrepresented in the workplace due to social norms, discrimination by employers and an inhospitable economy. In fact, studies show that social norms limit women’s professional activity and prefer having them stay at home, rather than have a career. Read more here.

Push back against Lebanon’s Kafala system gains traction

Human rights organizations are aiming to put an end to many violations that are taking place in the country while focusing on the status of victim migrant domestic workers. Most of these women are forced to work, live in dreadful conditions, and suffer from abuse by their employers. Read more here.

Pink stands 4… a campaign for breast cancer awareness

The “Pink Stands 4” campaign was launched making Lebanon’s fight against breast cancer go viral. A variety of social media tools were used to create awareness about the common disease and spread the word about the actions that need to be taken to avoid it. Read more here.

Lebanese women lead the social media wave

Lebanon is in the top five most active Arab countries across social media networks and achieves the highest rate of female social network users in the region, according to “The Arab Social Media Report”. The report also stated that women in Lebanon are more active on Facebook than those in any other country in the region, with female users of Facebook in Lebanon 45 percent of total users. On Twitter, Lebanon ranks sixth in the region, based on the number of residents using the site in the country.

 

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Lebanese Memes: Lebanese women trying to understand football rules

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How to get Facebook likes by Inkontheside

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The Ministry of Telecommunications, in coordination with LibanPost, will put into circulation 3 new stamps under the theme: ”Women from Lebanon”

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MP presents law to criminalize sexual harassment

MP GhassanMoukheiber, of the Change and Reform bloc, submitted an urgent draft law to criminalize sexual harassment and racist abuse to Parliament. Mokhaiber said that the bill would complement the recent law against domestic violence endorsed by Parliament, and he was upbeat that lawmakers would support his proposal.

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