Society
3.6.2019
In Lebanon, civil aviation is beginning to employ women

Mainly dominated by men, the aviation world in Lebanon intends to modernize.
After Rola Hoteit, Lebanon’s first female airline pilot in 2010 and Erika Chbeir in 2016, four young Lebanese women – Stephanie Kteily, Angela Mourad, Stephanie El Helou and Yara Darwish – have joined Middle East Airlines as pilots to challenge the stereotypes of the profession in Lebanon.
Women pilots take the lead
The airline has recently chosen to open its doors to many trainees, without gender distinction, thus allowing several women to exercise this profession historically closed to women.
Unfortunately, this inequality is not the only fact of Lebanon. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, only 3% of pilots in the world are women.
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