Lebanon's first women's affairs minister is... a man

Lebanon got a new government this week, including for the first time a women’s affairs minister. But Lebanese feminist groups are protesting the move — because he’s a man.

The choice of Jean Ogasapian as the first minister has drawn wide-spread criticism, the Guardian reported.

Nasri Atallah, a Lebanese writer, described it as “the ultimate act of mansplaining,” the Guardian said, adding that KAFA, a prominent women’s rights organization, called for protests under the slogan, “No women, no legitimacy”.

“The government that has been announced is a clear indictment to all the politicians who took part in creating it,” the organization said in a statement. “It is an insult to all women.”

The 30-minister government is led by Saad Hariri, bringing together the entire political spectrum except for the Christian Phalangist party that rejected the portfolio it was offered.