Gender Equality in Lebanon is the attempt that all men and women should receive equal treatment in all aspects of the society without discrimination on their sex. Equality in Lebanon has witnessed controlled attempts towards achieving gender equality. 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] One of the main reasons for this gap in promoting gender equality is attributed to the over all education policies in the country where the present curricula is irrelevant to advocate for gender equality. Adding to this, some believe that cultural concerns play a big role in this educational tendency of overshadowing gender equality where still women's' roles in society are viewed with a lot of biases and discriminations perceptions.[2]
Personal status laws also play a crucial role in shaping gendered modes of citizenship by reinforcing gender disparities in citizenship rights and perpetuating the intertwining of sex and sect in legal frameworks.[3]
- ^ Melki, Jad; Mallat, Sarah (2013), Byerly, Carolyn M. (ed.), "Lebanon: Women's Struggle for Gender Equality and Harassment-free Newsrooms", The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 432–448, doi:10.1057/9781137273246_31, ISBN 978-1-137-27324-6, retrieved 2021-06-05
- ^ "Performance Management and Support Program for Lebanon(PMSPL II)". USAID Lebanon. 2019.
- ^ Mikdashi, Maya (2022). Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 24–47. ISBN 9781503631557.
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