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This was the highest number of women in the Lebanese parliament at the time and despite the accomplishment, Lebanon was ranked 125th out of 138 nations concerning women's representation in parliament by the Inter-Parliamentary Union due to women making up only 4.7% of its cabinet.
The first political, literary, and scientific magazine, the first children's magazine, and the women's magazine in the country were established in the period between 1870 and 1896. [2] These were also the first specialized publications in the Arab world. [2] In 1927 there were 121 magazines in Lebanon. [3]
Hadiqat al-Akhbar (The News Garden in English) is the first daily newspaper of Lebanon which was launched in 1858. [1] From 1858 to 1958 there were nearly 200 newspapers in the country. [2] Prior to 1963 the number of newspapers was more than 400. [3] However, the number reduced to 53 due to the 1963 press law. [3] [4]
Although women in Lebanon have their own organizations, most exist as subordinate branches of the political parties. The illiteracy rate for females in 2007 was 14%, compared to 6.6% among males. [7] The economic activity rate for the age group 15 years and above is 68.9% for males, but only 20.4% for females. [7]
Joumana Haddad (Arabic: جمانة حداد; née Salloum; born December 6, 1970, in Beirut) is a Lebanese author, public speaker, journalist and human rights activist. [1] She has been selected as one of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women by Arabian Business Magazine for her cultural and social activism. [2]
Yacoubian started work in June 1995 in ICN (Independent Communications Network), a Lebanese television station founded by Henri Sfeir. Through Sfeir's encouragement, who also had the license for Nida' al Watan newspaper, the then 19-year-old Yacoubian became a celebrity broadcasting news and interviews and appeared frequently in the news broadcasts of the station.
Yasmina Zaytoun - Miss Lebanon 2024; Dina Azar – Miss Lebanon 1995; Joëlle Behlock – Miss Lebanon 1997; Valerie Abou Chacra – Miss Lebanon 2015; Jihane Almira Chedid – Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2020, Miss Supranational Asia 2021; Rina Chibany – Miss Lebanon 2012; Rima Fakih – Miss USA 2010; Sonia Fares – Miss Lebanon 1969
Group life insurance (also known as wholesale life insurance or institutional life insurance) is term insurance covering a group of people, usually employees of a company, members of a union or association, or members of a pension or superannuation fund. Individual proof of insurability is not normally a consideration in its underwriting.