Lebanon

There are no publications or fact sheets. Data disseminated is mostly limited to the official website of the institutions.

The national educational curricula do not include issues related to VAWG, gender equality, women rights.

There are no specific programs available for school teachers on gender equality and VAWG.

There are annual awareness campaigns conducted by JNCW under a 16 days campaign to eliminate violence against women.

The Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Interior and the International Human Rights Law Department of the Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with international organizations and experts, provide these trainings. 

Police stations and judicial units receive regular training to provide counselling services to victims of VAWG.

No specific training is provided by the Ministry of Health for nurses or doctors who respond to victims of VAWG.

There is no training programme on VAWG that is being institutionalized within the ministries and government’s institutions.

There are cooperation mechanisms between police, shelters, hospitals, courts/judiciaries, ministries, and civil society. Service Order No. 164/204 was issued by the Directorate General of the Council of Ministers in 2013 concerning measures that should be taken by different institutions dealing with women victims of VAWG.

The Ministry of Social Affairs and NCLW ensures the coordination among ministries. Also, there was an interministerial coordination on VAWG between the former Office of Minister of State for Women Affairs and other ministries. The office was cancelled in 2018 and substituted with the Office of Minister of State for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth, which was also cancelled at the end of 2019.

NCLW coordinates VAWG policies across different ministries and sectors. According to the law 720/1998, national tasks and activities regarding women’s issues were officially assigned to NCLW with a mandate to advise the government on women’s issues, liaise and coordinate with the concerned ministries and public institutions.

There is no gender responsive budget adopted by government with specific lines allocated for addressing VAWG.