Lebanon: Eight out of 115 Female Candidates Reach Parliament

Lebanese electoral staff start counting votes for parliamentary elections in the presence of party delegates and European Union observers at a polling station in the capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022. (AFP)

Only eight women out of 115 candidates nominated by traditional parties, opposition groups and civil society reached the Lebanese parliament, amid calls for the adoption of a law that defines women’s quota.

However, this year’s winners have broken a decades-old custom in Lebanon – that is parliamentary inheritance.