:: Historic / Roots ::
Many prominent early Lebanese activists for women's rights and social reformers became involved in a number of social and moral reform campaigns in the early 20th century. This led most directly to the organized campaign for ensuring women their voting and employment rights.
In 1952 a number of Lebanese feminists and leaders of the campaign for women's rights met and agreed to unify their efforts in an association. The aim: to lead and give direction to the Lebanese feminist movement.
They formed the Assembly of Lebanese Women's Associations (later known as The Lebanese Council of Women) by merging the Lebanese Arab Women's Union (instituted in 1929) and the Lebanese Women's Association (instituted in 1947).
Their first victory was the adoption in 1953 of a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote and get elected. This was the culmination of many decades of activism and struggle by women's rights organizations and their allies.
And this was the beginning of over fifty years of struggle to establish the same social, economic, and political status for women as for men, and to guarantee that women will not face discrimination on the basis of their sex.
The pioneer leaders and presidents of the Lebanese Council of Women
- Labiba Tabet
- Adèle Nakhou
- Ibtihaj Kaddoura
- Rose Shihaa
- Evelyn Boustros
- Laure Tabet
- Najla Saab
- Emily Fares Ibrahim
- Aman Shaarani
- Linda Mattar
- Ikbal Murad Doughan
- Faikaa Turkiyeh
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