Founding the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering

The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL) was established under notice 25/A.D. with the aim of cooperating with democratic forces to achieve full gender equality, and combat violence. It utilised international bills, conventions, and treaties as references to achieve its goals. Yet, it faced hurdles due to the fact that such legal references were not yet recognised or ratified in Lebanon(1)Beyond Reform and Development, “Patriarchy and Sectarianism Gendered Trap: Baseline of Women in Politics – the Case of Lebanon,” 2017, p. 18, 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 .

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