Author/Authors :
Baydoun, Azza Charara Lebanese University, Lebanon , Baydoun, Azza Charara National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), Lebanon , Sfeir, Myriam Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW), Lebanon
Abstract :
This above quote is taken from a report that was prepared to assess the progress made regarding the status of Lebanese women both on the social and governmental levels in light of the Beijing Platform for Action – the name given to the provisions of the Fourth Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. The above quote describes the slow progress achieved by Lebanese women in view of the ambitious goal that requires that the proportion of women occupying administrative or political positions in Lebanon should reach 30 percent of the total by the year 2005!