 A group of women in Zefta, Lebanon (1960) | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 25 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 6.25% (2022) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 53.0% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 22.6% (2011) |
| Gender Inequality Index[1] | |
| Value | 0.432 (2021) |
| Rank | 108th out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
| Value | 0.644 (2022) |
| Rank | 119th out of 146 |
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Women in Lebanon are treated according to patriarchal norms although the legal status of women has improved since the 20th century. Gender equality in Lebanon remains problematic.[3] Active feminist movements exist in Lebanon which are trying to overcome the legal and sociopolitical discrimination enshrined in law.[4][5]
In the 17 October Revolution, women called for a reform of the sectarian system in Lebanon and petitioned to acquire equal rights in the spheres of citizenship, inheritance and protection against domestic violence.[6]
- ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Ammar, Nada (2023), "The Status of Muslim Women in the Mosaic of Islamic Family Law in Lebanon", Family Law and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa, Cambridge University Press, pp. 113–126, doi:10.1017/9781139151719.007, ISBN 978-1-139-15171-9
- ^ Daou, Bernadette (2015). "Feminisms in Lebanon: after proving loyalty to the "Nation", will the "Body" rise within the "Arab Spring"?". Civil Society Knowledge Center.
- ^ "Chapter 1 Afterlives of a Census: Rethinking State Power and Political Difference", Sextarianism, Stanford University Press, pp. 24–47, 2022-05-03, doi:10.1515/9781503631564-003, ISBN 978-1-5036-3156-4, retrieved 2023-02-23
- ^ Lara Deeb; Tsolin Nalbantian; Nadya Sbaiti, eds. (2023). Practicing sectarianism : archival and ethnographic interventions on Lebanon. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-3387-2. OCLC 1334107801.