Women make their presence felt in new Lebanon cabinet

Women make their presence felt in new Lebanon cabinet

BEIRUT: Fifty days ago, six women were nominated to one third of government portfolios in a political and economic situation that no Lebanese politician would be envied for.. The number of women ministers is a record for Lebanon.. Former head of the Lebanese Council of Women and women's rights activist, Iqbal Doughan, told Arab News that the appointment of the women ministers was the result of 50 years of struggle, and that the international agreements on women's rights that Lebanon adhered to have boosted the status of Lebanese women.. Among the reforms to empower women, a decision was recently issued by the director general of personal status at the Ministry of Interior that allows divorced Lebanese women to obtain a family registration statement that includes the names of their children.. The decision aims to provide women with the right to obtain official documents with full information, whatever their family status is.. Nims believes that women in the military, including Princess Salma - who graduated from a short course at the UK's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in November 2018 - help break down gender stereotypes of women as the weaker sex. AMMAN: Earlier this year, Princess Salma bint Abdullah II