For the first time in Lebanon, a woman has been allowed to open a bank account.
The change in banking policy that now allows women to open accounts comes after an advocacy campaign led by the Institute of Progressive Women and other groups.
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manas 10:14 am on December 18, 2009 Permalink |
What a weird policy! Why would they have such a thing in place?
thabet 12:27 am on December 19, 2009 Permalink |
Preventing women owning their own property, wealth, etc. is a means of control.
abunoor 11:34 pm on December 19, 2009 Permalink |
The reporting on this story is confusing, but I believe that most of the headlines are misleading. It is not that women were not allowed to open bank accounts before now, but women were not allowed to establish bank accounts for their children before, only the fathers were allowed to do so.
Does anyone know more details.
I fear the misleading headline is leading to promotion of misleading stereotypes about the position of women in the Muslim world rather than actually drawing attention to the real issues of discrimination and status of women.
For example, the Lebanese Minister of Finance is a woman.
Here’s the most detailed story I could find.