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| | Human Rights |
 | | From the lineup of notable participants at the Women in Lebanon conference held Nov. 7, in Washington, DC, it is evident that women are becoming major players in post-war Lebanon. |
 | | Co-sponsors of the conference were the Rene Moawad Foundation, an organization established to help the Lebanese people help themselves, the Center for the Global South at American University in Washington, DC, and the Social and Economic Development Group (MNSED) at the World Bank. |
 | | Nayla Moawad, first lady of Lebanon for 17 days until the assassination of her husband, Rene Moawad, and now a member of parliament and the president of the Rene Moawad Foundation, welcomed participants. |
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