https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Working-Women-in-Lebanon https://internationalviewpoint.org/Working-Women-in-Lebanon 2020-09-02T06:52:58Z text/html en Farah Ghamloush Women Lebanon <p>It has been known since the early days that women's emancipation starts with achieving financial independence, and women nowadays work hard for this. In Eastern societies like Lebanon where patriarchal values still persist, women find it even more essential that they find jobs that could give them financial independence, but this need in most cases consumes the woman's identity, making her even more aware of the reality of her sexist environment which is constantly undermining her. The idea of working as means of independence existed before capitalism, but the free market regime has turned this liberating experience into a nightmare, especially for women.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV548-September-2020-" rel="directory">IV548 - September 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Women-+" rel="tag">Women</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Lebanon-+" rel="tag">Lebanon</a>