Women in Lebanon information

Women in Lebanon
	A group of women in Zefta, Lebanon (1960)
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)	25 (2010)
Women in parliament	6.25% (2022)
Women over 25 with secondary education	53.0% (2010)
Women in labour force	22.6% (2011)
Gender Inequality Index
Value	0.432 (2021)
Rank	108th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index
Value	0.644 (2022)
Rank	119th out of 146

The roles of women in Lebanon have evolved throughout history. The legal status of women transformed over the 20th century, but traditional patriarchal norms and conservative versions of law continue to influence women's rights in Lebanon.^[3]

Lebanon is known for its active feminist movements in the Arab region.^[4] Oftentimes they aim to overcome legal and sociopolitical discriminations enshrined in personal status law.^[5] In the 17 October Revolution, especially women called for reforming the sectarian system in Lebanon, in order to acquire equal rights regarding citizenship, inheritance and protection against domestic violence.^[6]

^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Ammar, Nada (2023), "The Status of Muslim Women in the Mosaic of Islamic Family Law in Lebanon", Family Law and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa, Cambridge University Press, pp. 113–126, doi:10.1017/9781139151719.007, ISBN 978-1-139-15171-9
^ Daou, Bernadette (2015). "Feminisms in Lebanon: after proving loyalty to the "Nation", will the "Body" rise within the "Arab Spring"?". Civil Society Knowledge Center.
^ "Chapter 1 Afterlives of a Census: Rethinking State Power and Political Difference", Sextarianism, Stanford University Press, pp. 24–47, 2022-05-03, doi:10.1515/9781503631564-003, ISBN 978-1-5036-3156-4, retrieved 2023-02-23
^ Practicing sectarianism : archival and ethnographic interventions on Lebanon. Lara Deeb, Tsolin Nalbantian, Nadya Sbaiti. Stanford, California. 2023. ISBN 978-1-5036-3387-2. OCLC 1334107801.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

[1] "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[2] "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[3] Ammar, Nada (2023), "The Status of Muslim Women in the Mosaic of Islamic Family Law in Lebanon", Family Law and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa, Cambridge University Press, pp. 113–126, doi:10.1017/9781139151719.007, ISBN 978-1-139-15171-9

[4] Daou, Bernadette (2015). "Feminisms in Lebanon: after proving loyalty to the "Nation", will the "Body" rise within the "Arab Spring"?". Civil Society Knowledge Center.

[5] "Chapter 1 Afterlives of a Census: Rethinking State Power and Political Difference", Sextarianism, Stanford University Press, pp. 24–47, 2022-05-03, doi:10.1515/9781503631564-003, ISBN 978-1-5036-3156-4, retrieved 2023-02-23

[6] Practicing sectarianism : archival and ethnographic interventions on Lebanon. Lara Deeb, Tsolin Nalbantian, Nadya Sbaiti. Stanford, California. 2023. ISBN 978-1-5036-3387-2. OCLC 1334107801.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

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