Country: 
Lebanon
Associated organisations: 
Non-profit Organization
Professions: 
President
Field(s) of expertise: 
Activism
Children's Rights
Journalism
Politics
Areas of Impact: 
Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Personal information

Nayla Rene Moawad
Former Minister, former MP, President

Contact information (Private)

+961 5 452504 & +961 5 456355

Contact information (Work)

+961 5 456452 & +961 5 459007
+961 3 600023

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • Minister of Social Affairs, 2005 - 2008, Lebanese Republic.
  • Member of Parliament, 1991 - 2009, Lebanese Republic.
  • Journalist, 1962 - 1965, L'Orient - Le Jour.

Major Achievements

Major achievements: 
  • Leading the campaigns that yielded to the issuing of a new law that stipulates that education is compulsory in Lebanon for boys and girls (1998), and the law that prohibits employment of children who are less than 14 years old (1996).
  • Among the first journalists to have published articles about street children and rights of children in the Lebanese law in the french newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour, 1963 - 1965.

Accomplishments

Distinctions: 
  • “Commandator” Decoration from the Italian Republic.
  • Legion d’Honneur from the French Republic, 2008.

Competences & Skills

Field(s) of Expertise: 
  • Activism
  • Education
  • Legislation
  • Social Sciences
  • Politics
Languages: 
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish