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Women in Lebanon are treated according to patriarchal norms although the legal status of women has improved since the 20th century. Gender equality in Lebanon remains problematic. [ 3 ] Active feminist movements exist in Lebanon which are trying to overcome the legal and sociopolitical discrimination enshrined in law.
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The Lebanese Council of Women or Lebanese Women's Council (LWC) is a women's organization in Lebanon, founded in 1952. It is an umbrella organization for the Lebanese women's movement. In 1946, the Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union split in the Lebanese Women's Union and Christian Women's Solidarity Association , who in turn created LWC by merging ...
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For example, Lebanon was a leading country in the middle east region and pioneered female rights to be enrolled in politics in 1953. Another important date in the Lebanese context to fight gender biases was 1996 where Lebanon endorsed the Convention on the Elimination all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). [1]
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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Lebanese This category exists only as a container for other categories of Lebanese women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Layal Najib (c.1983–2006), photojournalist, killed during the 2006 Lebanon War Emily Nasrallah (1931–2018), novelist, journalist, short story writer, women's rights activist Octavia Nasr (born 1966), journalist, CNN reporter