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A joint initiative from The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering- RDFL and Unicef, in participation of Himaya and SOS, an evening entitled Open Your Eyes to Your Rights took place in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon on July 31st, 2017 targeting around 250 children, mothers and fathers from the community of…

The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering- RDFL organized on the 28th of July 2017 a coordination meeting for the national coalition to protect children from early marriage. Representatives of different member organizations discussed the current status of RDFL’s law to protect the children, which was submitted to the parliament on the…

The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering- RDFL in partnership with Diakonia cordially invite you to the launching of a study entitled “#Sexual #Violence Against #Women in #Lebanon: Testimonies in the Dark”, prepared by Dr. Faysal El Kak and Dr. Caroline Succar Slaiby. The presentation and discussion will highlight sexual violence (factors,…

Follow our exclusive coverage of Lebanon’s session before the United Nations Child Rights Committee, during the 75th session of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), in Geneva on 18-19 May 2017. This human rights mechanism provides a critical opportunity to provide recommendations to governments to ensure that actions…

(Beirut) – Lebanon’s parliament should quickly pass legislation to end child marriage in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Lebanon has no minimum age for marriage for all of its citizens or any civil code regulating personal status matters. Instead, religious courts set the age based on 15 personal…

The national roundtable “From Ministerial Conclusions to gender equality policy making in the Euro-Med region”, under the patronage of the Minister of State for Women’s Affairs H.E. Jean Ogasapian, and with the support of the European Union, took place on 6th of April 2016 at hotel Riviera. It was organised…

When a young girl is pushed into marriage, the damage can last long after her wedding day. Research shows that girls who marry before the age of 18 receive less schooling than those who marry later, face a higher risk of domestic abuse, and suffer a lifetime of adverse effects…

On 18 May 2016, the Euromed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI held the national roundtable discussion on “Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Ministerial Conclusions on Women’s Role in Society Promoting Gender Equality Strategies and Policies: Priorities and Opportunities in Lebanon”, under the Patronage of H.E. Mr. Nabil De Freige Minister of State…

NNA – The Civil Society’s coalition organized a press conference on Thursday the 23rd of July 2015 in the Press club in Beirut to launch the joint reports prepared, in the context of its participation in the Universal Periodic Review session on the 2nd of October 2015 in the United…

Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering rallied Wednesday outside the Palace of Justice in Beirut, to express solidarity with the women of Lebanon against domestic violence. The rally aimed at calling for justice in the cases of women who were subject to domestic violence by their husbands or relatives. Families of women…