Women On Boards

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LLWB  ×  BRITISH EMBASSY BEIRUT

Women
on Boards

Women on Board exists to put more women in Lebanon's boardrooms and Leadership Positions not just to measure the gap. Over three years, ten institutions built the pipeline to get them there: audited, trained, mentored, certified. Four more start now.

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The Goal

More women in the room where decisions get made.

Gender audits, training, mentorship and board certification are not the finish line , they're how Women on Boards get women past the door and into the seats themselves, inside universities, ministries, syndicates, and now Lebanon's ports, statistics office and cooperative networks.

The Journey So Far

Three years, ten institutions, one direction.

Every year added a different kind of institution to the table — academia first, then public administration. Phase Four now reaches into the economy itself.

Y1Completed
  • MUBSAcademic
  • DAMA HuGNGO
  • BalamandAcademic
  • LDATSyndicate
Y2Completed
  • LAUAcademic
  • AOUAcademic
Y3Completed
  • MOJPublic
  • MOSAPublic
  • LARIPublic
  • CDRPublic
Y4Now opening
  • CASPublic
  • Port of TripoliPublic
  • Port of BeirutPublic
  • Dir. Gen. Co-opsPublic
  • MOTPublic
  • MOEPublic
  • CSBPublic
The Numbers Behind the Change

What three years actually produced.

Every number here feeds the same target: more women with the skills, the network and the credentials to hold a board seat — not just the audit trail behind them.

297
Women Trained
across Y1–Y3
46
Women Mentored
one-on-one, sustained
45
ESA Board Certifications
women ready to sit on boards
10/10
Institutions Reformed
audit + action plan, 100%

Women Trained

160 → 70 → 67  ·  297 total
Y1
160
Y2
70
Y3
67

Women Mentored

20 → 18 → 8  ·  46 total
Y1
20
Y2
18
Y3
8

ESA Board Certifications

15 → 18 → 12  ·  45 total
Y1
15
Y2
18
Y3
12
Every Seat Tells a Story

Fourteen institutions. Four kinds of power.

From lecture halls to law courts, from cooperatives to container ports — Women on Board doesn't chase one sector. It claims seats wherever decisions get made.

Academic
NGO
Syndicate
Public Institution
Year 1–310 seats claimed
Year 44 seats opening now
Proof, Not Promises

What actually changed inside these institutions.

MUBS
Modern University for Business & Science
PSEA policy adopted, plus staff-wide online training.
DAMA HuG
Dama Hug
Organization-wide policy reviewed, updated and published publicly.
BALAMAND / LAU
University of Balamand & LAU
Lactation rooms installed on campus — care infrastructure, not just policy.
AOU
Arab Open University
Gender-mainstreaming training embedded into programs and policy.
MOJ
Ministry of Justice
New gender equality guideline issued at ministry level.
MOSA / LARI
Ministry of Social Affairs & LARI
PSEA policy adopted, including protocols specific to wartime conditions.
CDR
Council for Development & Reconstruction
Gender communications strategy launched across social media.
LDAT
Lebanese Dental Association Syndicate
Full gender audit completed — a professional syndicate now on record.
10 / 10
Every institution, no exceptions
Each one completed a full gender audit before a single training began.
The Institutional Record

Not partial reform. Complete reform.

Every institution did the groundwork first — no shortcuts to a board seat. This is the foundation the representation numbers stand on.

100%Verified
Gender Audit
10/10
Gender Action Plan
10/10
What Comes Next

Phase Four moves from institutions of record to institutions of infrastructure.

Courts, universities and ministries built the foundation. Now the initiative enters the country's economic engine rooms — its ports, its national statistics, its cooperative networks.

CAS
Central Administration of Statistics
The body that counts the country — now counted into the initiative.
POT
Port of Tripoli
North Lebanon's gateway to trade.
POB
Port of Beirut
The nation's principal port of entry.
DGC
Directorate General of Cooperatives
The network behind Lebanon's cooperative economy.

Three years proved the model works — 10 institutions, 297 women trained, 45 boards ready to be certified. Phase Four is where that proof becomes precedent.

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Women on Board
Implemented by LLWB in partnership with the British Embassy in Beirut. Tracking Matrix, Year 1 – Year 3, with Phase Four now underway.
LLWB  ×  UK EMBASSY BEIRUT