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Still not enough

by Safa Jafari

Last month marked Women’s Day on 8 March. It was time to revise what Lebanon had achieved in its promotion of women’s rights and what it yet had to work on; particularly since it ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1996. But even before ratifying the convention in 1996, Lebanon had achieved several important milestones towards gender equality, including: n The granting of political rights to women (1953) n The granting of equal inheritance rights unless opposed by a particular religion (1959) n The right of married women to choose their citizenship (1960) n The right to elect and be elected to local councils (1963) n The abolition of the requirement of a husband’s permission for travel (1974) n The abolition of the prohibition on the use of contraceptives (1983) n The establishment of equal retirement ages and social security benefits

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