Prime Minister Saad Hariri Monday called for more female representation in Lebanon’s public and private sectors, given that women represent 54 percent of Lebanese society.
“She needs to have a bigger role than she has today,” Hariri said, speaking of women generally, from an economic conference in Beirut.
He called on political parties to do more to increase women’s representation, “because they are not using a program to give women a more effective role in the public [sphere].”
He said that the Future Movement, which he leads, had made a decision to implement a 30 percent quota for women. His also cited his government’s decision to require any committee to also adhere to this gender quota.
“I am calling for a quota to be [enshrined in the] law, because without that, it will not work. The law will force political parties to push women forwards,” Hariri said, adding that “too many times, men take credit where the women are doing, or have done, all the work.”
In his personal employment practices and in his workspace, 60 percent of the workforce is female, he said.
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This article has been adapted from its original source.
