17 Lebanese Women We Celebrate On International Women's Day 2022
Women have been sustaining the present and shaping up the future of the world. Many took leadership roles, others took the path of science, the path of chemistry, the path of engineering, and others, all with the purpose to make a positive difference, and bring humanity forward.
Once in their paths, women tend to be overachievers, doing their best and giving all their hard work and love for their environment and community.
In Lebanon, it is no different, they are who they are, yet they have to struggle more than most of their peers in the world because of the existing restrictions on their rights, the gender-bias laws, and the continuous struggle of the nation with crises.
This is for them, a tribute to those women who are making a difference, sustaining the nation, nurturing the country's future assets, maintaining a balance in the chaos, providing relief to those in need, mending the wounds, rebuilding from the ashes, bringing in reforms, and more.
Little recognized for their values, yet stubbornly challenging the odds to assume their life missions, they are not just making a difference, they are the difference that makes this country a place to love and admire.
#1 The Mothers
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Lebanese mothers work around the clock to take care of their work, home, and families. Relentless, adamant to do their best, they are the light of this nation, the love that keeps it sane, the consciousness that maintains balance amid the chaos and prevents war, and the hope-infusers that lift us when in despair.
#2 The Grandmothers
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They are the strength of two consecutive generations, voices of wisdom and compassion, survivors of long years of war who preach and enact peace, a source of unconditional love...
#3 The Working Women
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The Lebanese working women are to be hailed for their extraordinary endurance to assume their duties at home and in the job, multitasking amid the challenges with a smile, standing as a role model of resistance, reliability, and resilience.
#4 Lebanese women in business
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We tend to recognize very few yet they are not so few, these Lebanese women in business, many successfully building theirs from scratch, and many others partaking in major enterprises. Inspiring in their hardworking path, they are role models to uphold.
#5 The Health Care Workers
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The pandemic brought them to be recognized yet their hard work and sacrifices to bring relief did not start there. They've been on their mission since they chose their career path.
Dealing with human sufferings and illnesses every day, endeavoring to assist and bring relief, rejoicing at the healing of others, and grieving those who don't make it, these health workers are human power in white uniforms.
#6 The women In the military
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Patriotism incarnated, courage beyond the standard, Lebanese women in the military are a declaration that defies sexism and misogyny of those who still assume that women are not strong enough and capable enough to undertake any conventional men's job.
They are an inspiration and a living proof of women's strength and capabilities.
#7 The Female Students
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This year, in particular, we acknowledge Lebanese female students who are adamant to break existing barriers to build a better future for themselves and their country, all-knowing that they will have to deal with the lack of women's rights.
Along with their male peers, they have been voicing out their demands for a better country and building its base with the rise of their secular clubs.
#8 The Female Teachers