11 Lebanese Women, Candidates for the Parliamentary Polls Visit the European Parliament
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Women in Front (WIF), a Non Governmental Organization, has received a resounding support from the European Parliament through the European People's Party, which comprises the right-wing parties from 27 member states.
WIF, that aims to claim a fair representation of Women in political life in Lebanon, has been invited for a three-day trip to Brussels which coincides with the Annual Plenary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean.
This was not possible without the valuable support of European Parliament member Marie -Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid which allowed Women in Front to obtain recognition of the European Union.
This support has crystallized through the official invitation of eleven Lebanese women candidates for the 2013 parliamentary elections, for a three-day trip to Brussels between 10-12 April.
This invitation coincides with the Annual Plenary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean, and the Lebanese women will thus have the opportunity to meet potential future counterparts from the North and the South of the Mediterranean.
The candidates will have an opportunity to discover the mechanisms of democracy within the European Parliament.
The eleven women come from different political and religious backgrounds, and have signed a contract vowing commitment to the ethics of Women in Front and to reform Lebanese laws related to women's rights in order to enhance governance of citizens and break the pattern of sectarian practices that were adopted by the house of representatives blocking women's access to power.
Women in Front expressed gratitude to Deputy Sanchez Schmid and to the European People Party for their invitation that not only reflects solidarity with the Lebanese women struggle to achieve equality but also encourages them to wage the political life.
09 April 2013, 17:28
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An ignorant fool imparting his wisdom upon the world... how cute. They don't put monkeys in roller skates anymore; it's called evolution. Welcome to the 21st century. Either way, we've seen what men in politics have achieved so far... Maybe some cuteness wouldn't hurt.
09 April 2013, 17:31
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I hope the ghost of Margaret Thatcher hunts you in your sleep :)
09 April 2013, 17:34
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An ignorant fool imparting his wisdom upon the world... how cute. They don't put monkeys in roller skates anymore; it's called evolution. Welcome to the 21st century. Either way, we've seen what men in politics have achieved so far... Maybe some cuteness wouldn't hurt.
10 April 2013, 09:33
03
Absolutely Dima I say woman would rule better, with empathy, sincerity with a love for all the children of lebanon and the future of the lebanese.
09 April 2013, 17:36
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I hope the ghost of Margaret Thatcher haunts you in your sleep :)
09 April 2013, 18:31
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Men in politics...how ineffective. What century do you live in? Tfaddal, join the rest of the world in 2013. Lebanon has been semi-built and completely destroyed by men. I say we give women a try. They're normally the ones that do all the hard work in the family anyway.
Like I said, get out of your backward mentality and join the rest of the world.
I'm a male by the way, not a female.
09 April 2013, 21:12
12
No harm done , but hope these women are not affiliated with current warlords such as Gaga,& Jumby, or even KSA' favorite son Saad
10 April 2013, 07:51
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Imagine if Lebanon would have a woman president! that would put lebanon ahead of the USA, France, Italy....I hope that I live to see the day.
10 April 2013, 09:29
12
Bring it ON LOl I would love to see a women in lebanon taking a MAJOR seat in parliment. Wouldnt that be something. LOVE the idea and would put some of the men probably in their places and make Lebanon the beautiful lebanon it should be all the men Have MESSED it UP badly. take the blind fold of your eyes.
10 April 2013, 14:49
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We do have few women in parliament now but we need many more...YES to "fair representation of Women in political life in Lebanon".
10 April 2013, 23:14
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Women also voted in many great leaders of the 20th Century. Go back to KSA there's no place in Lebanon for your backwards Wahhabism.
