Lebanon is one of the few Arab countries that ratified, with reservations, on July 24th 1996 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, known as CEDAW. Since then, Lebanon is bound and committed to eliminate all forms of discrimination against Lebanese women. Unfortunately the process of amending Lebanese legislation to bring it into conformity with the principles of CEDAW is still far from being completed. Violations of women’s rights continue in both the law and society. The civil war which lasted more than fifteen years and the recurrent Israeli aggressions have increased obstacles to the advancement of Lebanese women in all fields. The Lebanese NGO Forum has set up the “Women’s Rights Monitor Project”; a network of specialised NGOs with the purpose of monitoring women’s rights and the application of CEDAW in Lebanon. This network reports on the latest developments and setbacks concerning the state of women in the country. This is the executive summary of that report.