Lebanon

Lebanon has a population of 4.2 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 10,452 sq km (4,036 sq miles). The capital is Beirut. The major language is Arabic.

Lebanon ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on April 16, 1997
Lebanon does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
Lebanon has a UN peacekeeping mandate: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from March 1978 to present.

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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March 25, 2012 (Now Lebanon)
LEBANON: Protest in Beirut Demands Criminalizing Violence Against Women Hundreds of people protested on Sunday to demand a law allowing Lebanese women to transfer nationality to their family and to criminalize violence against women, the National News Agency reported.
March 17, 2012 (The National)
LEBANON: Lebanese Organization Pushes for Tough Laws to Protect Women Kafa - Arabic for "enough" - is among the organisations pushing for tough legislation to protect women from family violence, including the criminalisation of spousal rape.
February 7, 2012 (DNA India)
LEBANON: Author Hanan al Shaykh Welcomes Role of Women in Arab Spring Now 66, Shaykh was born in a conservative and strict Shia family in Lebanon and pursued her higher education in Cairo in the 1960s. She returned to Lebanon to work for a newspaper but left her country when the civil war broke out. While she also spent time in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh now lives in London and writes from there about her distant homeland.
February 6, 2012 (Women News Network)
LEBANON: Advocate Ghida Anani talks TV media & How Men Can Protect Women During the ‘so-called' Arab Spring, women in the region have called for a broader definition of security to include [all forms of] human security, embracing human rights and equal rights. These democratic currents lend themselves not only to changed governments but also to a new socioeconomic and cultural landscape.
January 12, 2012 (KabobFest)
MIDDLE EAST: Not Just Decor: The Struggle for Real Women's Rights in Lebanon We, the women who reside in Lebanon, excuse ourselves from playing the decorative role that has been imposed on us. We take to the streets today to say that we are aware and knowledgeable about the methodical war that state and society have waged on our bodies and our safety through their political parties and leaders.

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The Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa Project, Overview: Lebanon, The Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa Project (SWMENA) , January 2011 | Download PDF
A Legal Guide to Being a Lebanese Woman, Maya Mikdashi, December 3, 2010
Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa 2010, Freedom House, March 3, 2010 | Download PDF
Lebanon - Country Summary, Human Rights Watch, January 2010 | Download PDF
Exported and Exposed: Abuses against Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates, Human Rights Watch, November 1, 2007 | Download PDF

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CONFERENCE: Beirut Conference Highlights Need for Legal Reforms to Combat Violence Against Women, Conferences & Meetings, , November 24, 2010
BLOG: Lebanon, Day 10: Living With the Trauma of Camp Life, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , November 15, 2010
EDITORIAL: Change? Yes we Can Believe in!, Other, , March 8, 2010
Follow the Women's 2008 Pedal for Peace in the Middle East, Appeals & Demonstrations, May 3, 2008
VIDEO: Everywoman - The Women of Lebanon, Multi-Media, , July 27, 2007

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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace, and Security, MAP , December 2011

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WILPF Lebanon Section

Security Council Resolution 1325 Translations