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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 ]
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.
The abuse of domestic workers in Lebanon, mainly women in their 20-30s from Ethiopia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines has brought international attention to the rights of the workers, who are often made to work long hours, abused and not paid their wages.
In 2001 Lebanon's Ministry of Labour closed ten employments agencies that violate labour regulations. [63] The General Security Directorate has improved its enforcement of regulations [ 63 ] and the Ministry of Labour regularly meets with embassies of migrant's country of origin in order to insure Migrant Domestic Workers are aware of ...
Other articles in the Labour Code that posed problems for the movement mostly contained basis for authorised state intervention. After decades of calling for an amendment to Article 50, the law was changed in 1974. Still, the revised version of the Labour Code only protected workers that were part of unions authorised by the Ministry of Labour ...
A. The Obama administration should revise the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enacted in 1974, so that the provisions extend coverage to domestic workers - a group that has long been excluded from basic minimum wage and overtime protections. B. The U.S. government should ratify The Convention Concerning Decent Work for
The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it had received reports that most of the 22 victims of an Israeli air strike on a building in northern Lebanon were women and children. "What we are ...
Women government ministers of Lebanon (12 P) Pages in category "Lebanese women in politics" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.