Iqbal Doughan
Personal information
Iqbal Doughan
Lawyer, President
Contact information (Private)
+961 3 237303
Contact information (Work)
Working Women League in Lebanon
+961 1 646413
+961 7 6657750
Work history
Previous Professions:
- Attorney, 1987 - present.
- Consultant for the Board and General Manager, 2000 - 2006, Tobacco Lebanese Company.
- Manager, 1980 - 2000, Tobacco Lebanese Company.
Major Achievements
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.
Accomplishments
Awards:
Women Arab Association Award
Competences & Skills
Field(s) of Expertise:
- Social Service
- Legal Service
- Gender Equality
- Rights of Children and Women
Languages:
- Arabic
- French
- English