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Lebanon’s Gender Gap: Slow Progress, Big Gaps | Lebanon News
The latest Global Gender Gap Report reveals a sobering reality: the Middle East and North Africa could take 185 years to achieve gender parity, with Lebanon lagging at 136th out of 148 countries. While education and health scores are nearly perfect, economic participation and political empowerment are catastrophically low—53.5% and a shocking 3.2%, respectively. Women are sidelined in leadership and decision-making, despite academic success. But hope isn’t absent—ground-level organizations are pushing for systemic change through childcare support, transportation access, and demanding women’s…
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