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Why you should nominate

Selecting individuals for the "Who Is She in Lebanon" database likely involves evaluating their contributions and achievements in several areas, including their work and impact on Lebanon, receipt of notable awards, efforts in breaking social barriers, innovation and creativity, leadership and influence, resilience, community empowerment, global impact, and inspiring personal or professional stories. These criteria help identify women whose lives and work have significantly contributed to society, providing role models and inspiring future generations.

If you know someone who would be a great addition to our database, please fill out the nomination form. The “Who is She” committee will then evaluate your submission based on specific criteria. This way, we make sure to select the most significant and impactful figures to include in the database.

Selection Process:

• Committee Structure: A Committee of five members has been established to review nominations and select profiles for inclusion on the website.
  
  
  Commitee Members:
  
  

  Name	Title	Email
  Dr. Yasmine Nashabe-Taan	Associate Professor, Director, Institute of Art in the Arab World - LAU	ytaan@lau.edu.lb
  Abir Chebaro	Feminist Activist/Gender Consultant	achebaro@gmail.com
  Dr. Jordan Srour	Associate Professor/Assistant Provost for Educational Resources and Innovation - LAU	jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
  Joumana Merhy	Director of Lebanon Branch Arab Institute for Human Rights	joumanamerhy@yahoo.fr
  Myriam Sfeir	Executive Director, Arab Institute for Women - LAU	myriam.sfeir@lau.edu.lb

  
  
• Nomination Approval Timeline: Once a nomination is received, it will be reviewed by the committee within two weeks. After the review, the nominator will receive a response. If the profile is approved, the nominee will be contacted to provide the necessary information for website inclusion.
  Once the information is submitted, the profile will be published on the website.


• Assessment Criteria: Each nomination will be evaluated based on the specified criteria.
Selection criteria:
Potential profiled women need to fit at least two of the below criteria:


1. Award Winner > Recognized (awards, mentions, features...):
   Eligible women should have received honorable recognition for their achievements and contributions.
2. Breaking Social Barriers > Change maker (Making a change in business, politics, community development, planning, social norms, cultures ...):
   Eligible women should showcase tangible efforts in breaking social, cultural, or systemic barriers to achieve success.
3. Innovation and Creativity:
   Eligible women should demonstrate innovation and creativity in their work, introducing new ideas, approaches,
   or solutions that have had a significant impact in their fields maybe through technology patents, massive readership, teaching and scholarly careers, community building, facilitation and organization or society at large.
4. Leadership and Influence:
   Eligible women should have outstandingly served their communities, whether through formal leadership roles, advocacy efforts, or grassroots initiatives.
5. Community Empowerment:
   Eligible women should be actively engaged in enabling their communities, whether through education, advocacy, teaching, organizing, facilitating or social initiatives.
6. (Global/ regional / local) Impact:
   Eligible women should have made significant accomplishments that extend beyond national borders, such as participating in transnational movements for positive change.
7. Inspiring Stories:
   Eligible women should be able to share influential stories of courage, and determination that resonate with a large number of audiences.

• Our goal is to give every nomination a chance to be featured while ensuring we maintain a high-quality database showcasing women leaders making an impact in Lebanon.
• Women will have the option to nominate themselves on the website.

Who will you nominate?