Highlights
This document is a UN Women – REACH Lebanon Gender Snapshot based on the 2025 Multisectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA). It summarizes how Lebanon’s overlapping crises are affecting Lebanese households through a gender, age, disability, and geographic lens.
It highlights which household profiles face the sharpest deprivations, especially female-headed households and households with persons with disabilities and translates the evidence into sector findings (food security, shelter, livelihoods, health, WASH, education, protection, AAP) plus priority actions to inform the Lebanon Response Plan 2026.
In the present study, the author examines the status of women in political parties in Lebanon. The study serves as a key resource for deepening understanding of women’s political engagement and the challenges they face. The aim of the study is to support efforts to strengthen the role of women in political and party life as key stakeholders in decision-making processes, and to contribute to the development of effective solutions to the broader challenges facing Lebanon.
The study focuses on political parties as the primary gateway to political engagement in Lebanon, recognizing their critical role in promoting women’s participation and representation in political life, and in advancing gender equality in both the political arena and society at large.
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UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Sima Bahous, conducted an official visit to Lebanon from 14 to 16 January 2026, reaffirming UN Women’s commitment to supporting Lebanon at a critical moment marked by intersecting political, economic, and humanitarian challenges.
During the visit, Dr. Bahous held high-level meetings with H.E. President of the Lebanese Republic Joseph Aoun, H.E. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and First Lady of Lebanon Ms. Nehmat Aoun, President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW). Discussions focused on advancing women’s rights and leadership, strengthening partnerships, and ensuring women’s full and meaningful participation in recovery, reform, and peacebuilding efforts.
The video captures key moments from the visit, underscoring a central message: women’s leadership is essential to recovery, stability, and sustainable peace.
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