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Since the year 1979 has been declared the International Year of the Child by the U.N., the Bahrain State published in no. 16 of its "Periodical Issue" of Jul.-Aug.-Sept. 1978, a report on projects carried out and decisions take n by the ministries in Bahrain aiming at the implementation of the ten principles stated in the "Declaration of the Rights of the Child."

Because of the duration, depth and devastation of the Lebanese conflict, Lebanese women's roles changed drastically during the war. Many women lost their husbands, whi Ie others were abandoned and left to fend for themselves as the social order disintegrated. Women's traditional sources of income and other means ofsubsistence in their villages of origin were lost.

International Planned Parenthood Federation

Founded in 1950, the Art Department at BUC (Beirut University COllege) , went through a steady development which was inline with the progress of the art movement in Lebanon.

The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World addressed the issue of the veil through a photographic overview from different parts of the world, a series of quotations from a wide array of persons belonging to different religious, social, political, educational, and cultural backgrounds, as well as personal testimonies.

The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University (IWSAW-LAU) in cooperation with the Embassy of the United States of America hosted on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, H.E. Ambassador Swanee Hunt who gave a lecture titled "Political Progress of Women: Breaking Traditional Barriers".

Reports from Around the World

News from Around the World

Women's right to equal citizenship is guaranteed by the majority of Arab constitutions, as well as by international law. Yet across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Gulf, women are denied the right to pass on their nationality to their husbands and children – a crucial component of citizenship.

From Jordan: The National Jordanian campaign to eliminate 'Crimes of Honor' reported that two married Jordanian women were killed in two seperate crimes of honor last week.From Lebanon: The Lebanese Committee for Peace and Freedom organized a sit-in on February 28, 2000 to protest against the Israeli aggression on Lebanon.

Reports from Around the World

In the early twentieth century, women's interest in journalism was shown in two ways: contributing articles to papers and magazines and founding women's magazines In the three countries of early Arab Awakening: Lebanon, Egypt and Syria.

For the first time in the history of the French Academy of Science, founded about 300 years ago, its doors have been opened to receive a woman. The new member is Mme. Yvonne ChoquetBruhat, a mathematician specializing in relativity ,elected to this distinguished academy on Mav 18, 1979.