Demonstrations at the Lebanese Parliament

20 March 1951 – Women across all areas in Lebanon congregated in massive demonstrations in front of the parliament during the parliament’s weekly sessions in order to demand their political rights. During these marches, the Head of the Arab Lebanese Women’s Union, Ibtihaj Qaddoura, submitted a petition to the president of the parliament.(1)Hanifa Ali al-Katib, تاريخ تطور الحركة النسائية في لبنان وإرتباطها بالعالم العربي، 1800-1975, Beirut: Dar al-Hadatha, 1984,  p. 121. Other demonstrations followed in different parts of the country.(2)Beyond Reform and Development, “Patriarchy and Sectarianism Gendered Trap: Baseline of Women in Politics – the Case of Lebanon,” 2017, p. 16, available at: https://www.beyondrd.com/assets/publications/Patriarchy%20and%20Sectarianism%20-%20A%20Gendered%20Trap%20-%20Part%20I%20-%20BRD.pdf (last accessed 28 December 2017)