WTF
TBT When Lebanon’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs Was Cancelled After Two Seasons
Lol.
A ministry that started off in the arms of a man (Minister Jean Oghassabian) and that was then bestowed upon Mrs. Zaituna Bay herself, Violette Safadi, was deemed to be unimportant by all subsequent cabinets and was therefore cancelled after a mere two seasons.
During Minister Jean Oghassabian term, November 4th was declared to be Lebanese Women’s Day because as Lebanese women dealt with archaic marital rape laws, the lack of protection against domestic violence, a complete absence of personal status and nationality rights, the child marriage statistics that continue to plague many disenfranchised areas around the country, sexual harassment, trafficking, honor killings, and the like, they thought they should at least get a day wherein one minister sends out a tweet and wears a pin saying “happy womenz day bitchez”.
Oh, he also attended the opening ceremony of JamaloukiCon. Cute pic, bro!
Then came Minister Violette Khairallah Safadi who announced that the ministry’s name was too contentious and would therefore be rebranded as the Ministry of State for Economic Empowerment of Women And Youth; after which Safadi proceeded to empower neither. She did, however, hold many meetings and sign many docs of different sizes.
Worst part? Right before they yanked it offline, the now defunct ministry’s website had an eerie countdown for something that was supposed to take place in seven weeks. Oh well, I guess we’ll never know.
This ministry will live in our memory much like Seinfeld does, but of course I actually enjoyed the first two seasons of Seinfeld.
A ministry that started off in the arms of a man (Minister Jean Oghassabian) and that was then bestowed upon Mrs. Zaituna Bay herself, Violette Safadi, was deemed to be unimportant by all subsequent cabinets and was therefore cancelled after a mere two seasons.
During Minister Jean Oghassabian term, November 4th was declared to be Lebanese Women’s Day because as Lebanese women dealt with archaic marital rape laws, the lack of protection against domestic violence, a complete absence of personal status and nationality rights, the child marriage statistics that continue to plague many disenfranchised areas around the country, sexual harassment, trafficking, honor killings, and the like, they thought they should at least get a day wherein one minister sends out a tweet and wears a pin saying “happy womenz day bitchez”.
Oh, he also attended the opening ceremony of JamaloukiCon. Cute pic, bro!
Then came Minister Violette Khairallah Safadi who announced that the ministry’s name was too contentious and would therefore be rebranded as the Ministry of State for Economic Empowerment of Women And Youth; after which Safadi proceeded to empower neither. She did, however, hold many meetings and sign many docs of different sizes.
Worst part? Right before they yanked it offline, the now defunct ministry’s website had an eerie countdown for something that was supposed to take place in seven weeks. Oh well, I guess we’ll never know.
This ministry will live in our memory much like Seinfeld does, but of course I actually enjoyed the first two seasons of Seinfeld.