Cultivating capacity through greater solidarity

The Lebanese League of Women in Business (LLWB) carries the mantle of empowering women on all levels of the economy. Executive inquired about LLWB’s perspective on the situation of female employees and all economically active women in Lebanon with LLWB President Yusr Sabra.  How did LLWB as organization experience the crisis and how do you see the situation of women in the business realm at the end of this turbulent year?  As you know, Lebanon has never been very stable. With all the ups and downs, the crisis for us really started in October 2019. So many things were shut down. Around that same time, LLWB decided to shift gears and focus more on understanding what the community’s direct needs are. We created different task forces, for example one task force covering SME businesses, one focusing on mental health, [and] one focusing on medicine. We had four or five task