Category: Updates

On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, IFWE launched the Lebanon Chapter!

Thank you to all the people who managed to attend our first meeting:

• Lina Beydoun, Director of Development, American University of Beirut
• Fadi El Hage, Délégué du Recteur pour développement régional et programmes externes- Formation Continue; Titulaire Chaire citoyenneté et développement durable, Saint Joseph University (USJ), Beirut
• Daisy Abboud Helou, Pharmacist
• Julie Daccache Khalil, Lawyer
• Nada Salem, President, IFWE & AFEE
• Helen Achou Tayar, Alumni Relations Coordinator, Saint Joseph University (USJ), Beirut

Congratulations to IFWE President, Mrs. Nada Salem, on taking an active part at the Lebanese Diaspora Energy Convention (2019) in the “Lebanese Women and Youth: The Power of Change” Workshop, alongside Mrs. Violette Khairallah Safadi, Minister of State for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth, Mr. Gebran Bassil, Minister of Lebanese Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Joseph Jabra, President of the Lebanese American University.

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• • • If We help women to improve at the personal level,
    • If We help women to improve at the professional level,
    • If We help women to improve their education,
    • If We help women to improve their social status,
    • If We help women to improve their economic status,
    • If We help women to improve their political status,
    • If We help women to improve their psychological and physical health,
    • If We help women to fight inequalities and discrimination,
    • If We help women to fight violence against them (domestic and sexual abuse),
    • If We help women to fight gender stereotypes,
    • If We help women to better participate in decision-making processes,
    • If We help women to be autonomous,
    • If We help women to be better represented in politics and policy making,
    • If We help women to climb the ladders of success…

We will be ensuring that the world will be a better place for us and our children.