{"id":85,"date":"2023-03-09T12:53:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T12:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecnologia.vamtam.com\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:34:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"85\" class=\"elementor elementor-85\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8802642 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8802642\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da9293b\" data-id=\"da9293b\" 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https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/envato-labs-image-edit-ar-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/envato-labs-image-edit-ar.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aba3de\" data-id=\"5aba3de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0cb50d elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0cb50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Arab Institute for Women (AiW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) was established in 1973 to pay tribute to LAU\u2019s origins as a girls\u2019 school and to fulfil its commitment to education, empowerment, and equality for women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>AiW was the first institute of its kind in the Arab region, and one of the first in the world. Today, the Institute honors that legacy by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advancing women\u2019s empowerment and gender equality nationally, regionally and globally, through education, research, development programs and outreach<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Integrating gender issues across all aspects of its work and combining academia and activism in order to achieve gender equality and human rights in the Arab region<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e97b22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4e97b22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2bd613\" data-id=\"c2bd613\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce763e8 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce763e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86c9bb1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86c9bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8220;Who Is She in Lebanon&#8221; is an online database with profiles of prominent contemporary Lebanese women managed by the Arab Institute for Women (AiW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU). This project started in 2008 in partnership with the KVINFO, the Danish Centre for Information on Women and Gender.<\/p>\n<p>This website was updated in 2024 within the context of <b>\u2018Women in Leadership\u2019 <\/b>project. The project is implemented by AiW in partnership with the <b>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)<\/b> and <b>UN Women<\/b>, with the generous funding of the <b>Government of Canada<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The aim behind this project is to provide the public with easy access to biographical information on a large number of contemporary women in one of the following categories: opinion leaders, senior managers, politicians, professionals, artists, researchers, and experts within a wide range of subjects. A similar online database with a list of thousands of names of prominent Danish women has been available to the public since 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The AiW aims to make the &#8220;Who Is She in Lebanon&#8221; online database:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1) as comprehensive as possible<br><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; word-spacing: 0em;\">2) as representative as possible of Lebanese women\u2019s achievements in the various fields of specialization\/occupations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; word-spacing: 0em;\">At the same time, the list will be duly selective to reflect a high level of achievement by every woman included, depending on her field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a9dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58a9dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WIS_collaboration_3-1024x114-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-987729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WIS_collaboration_3-1024x114-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WIS_collaboration_3-1024x114-1-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/postray.com\/wis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WIS_collaboration_3-1024x114-1-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade3c2b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ade3c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"mg-top-30\">Other Who is She Websites:<\/h4><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whoisshe.wmf.org.eg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who is She in Egypt<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About &#8220;Who Is She in Lebanon&#8221; The Arab Institute for Women (AiW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) was established in 1973 to pay tribute to LAU\u2019s origins as a girls\u2019 school and to fulfil its commitment to education, empowerment, and equality for women and girls. 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