Iqbal Doughan

Previous Professions

  • Attorney at Law, 1987 - present.
  • Consultant for the Board and General Manager, 2000 - 2006, Tobacco Lebanese Company.
  • Manager, 1980 - 2000, Tobacco Lebanese Company.

 

Major Achievements

  • Participated in the amendment of the Lebanese Labor Law to the advantage of working women.
  • Participated in the amendment of bylaws of National Social Security Fund to the advantage of working women.
  • Research and studies on the different issues related to the social and legal status of women and personal status laws in Lebanon and different Arab countries.
  • Participated in the different campaigns to give Lebanese women the right to pass their nationality to the children and husbands.
  • Participated in the campaigns to endorse the quota for women in municipal elections.
  • Participated in many local and internatioal workshops, conferences, and talkshows dealing with the socio-political conditions in the Middle East.
  • Preparation and participation in several TV programs (local and international) on women's rights and laws.
  • Undertaking through the Family Rights Network Movement an ongoing campaign to secure equality for women and to raise in all sects the age at which a woman can have custody of her children.

Field(s) of Expertise

Social Service
Legal Service
Gender Equality
Rights of Children and Women

Awards

  • Women Arab Association Award