Stand For Women

In 2014, a 37-year-old Iranian mathematician walked onto a stage in Seoul and accepted an award no woman had ever received in 78 years of its existence. The room knew it was watching history.

Maryam Mirzakhani grew up in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, in a country where girls were systematically steered away from advanced science. She ignored that entirely. Getting to the top of mathematics required not just talent but years of near-invisible work, problems that took months and produced no visible results.

She won the Fields Medal, mathematics' most prestigious prize, in August 2014. Her work focused on the geometry of complex curved surfaces, problems so abstract that most mathematicians avoid them. She published research that cracked open questions others had given up on, and she did it while raising a daughter and managing a career at Stanford.

The medal had existed since 1936. She was the first woman and the first Iranian to win it. Three years later, at 40, she died of breast cancer.

Mathematics lost her before most of the world had learned her name.

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In Lebanon today, amid ongoing uncertainty, pressure, and instability, showing up as a woman entrepreneur takes more than strategy , it takes STRENGTH.

Strength to lead under pressure.
Strength to decide through uncertainty.
Strength to keep going, even when it’s heavy.

In this reality, mental resilience isn’t optional , it’s what sustains everything.

With this in mind, the Lebanese League for Women in Business, in collaboration with Stand for Women, brought together 107 women entrepreneurs for
“Mental Regulation & Strategic Focus for Women Entrepreneurs.”

Led by Ghada Jabbour Yared, and facilitated by LLWB Secretary to the Board Christine Francis the session offered simple, practical tools to pause, refocus, and move forward , one step at a time.

Because sometimes, what matters most is not having all the answers… but having the strength to continue.

Watch the full session here : https://youtu.be/Ftb31xlMPNY

Stand For Women

Stand for Women is joining forces with the Lebanese League for Women in Business | LLWB to create a Crisis Response Webinar Series aimed at strengthening leaders and women-owned businesses in uncertain times.

As part of this initiative, we are pleased to invite you to an exclusive webinar led by Ms. Ghada Jabbour Yared, an ICF-accredited, PCC-certified coach specializing in mental fitness, ADHD, family, and systemic coaching, who has been empowering individuals and teams since 2017.

Topic: Mental Regulation & Strategic focus for women entrepreneurs
🗓️ Tuesday 21 April 2026
🕓 4:00pm - 5:15pm
💻 via Zoom
🌐 in Arabic

🔗Register here: https://lnkd.in/dkghsNNg

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize nervous system states
- Master sensory anchoring techniques to regain focus during moments of high stress or workday panic
- Prioritize business tasks to protect the mental "bandwidth"
- Connect with fellow entrepreneurs to validate shared experiences, reducing the isolation of leadership during wartime
- Define one actionable, small-scale commitment to personal well-being, supporting the capacity to lead

Through chaos and heartbreak… we live for the hope and love of our land ❤️‍🩹🇱🇧

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Strength, sacrifice, and endless love ♥️ A Mother’s love is the purest form of love 💐

This International Women’s Day feels heavy to celebrate ❤️‍🩹

We started the year with a beautiful initiative that reminded us what community is all about 🩷🫂
Thanks to a generous lingerie donation from and the CSR team at , we were able to distribute essential items to the community of , reaching 133 vulnerable women at the Social Health Center in Nabaa.

Shop small, support women-owned businesses, spread holiday cheer✨ Tag your favorites and let’s spread the love 🎁 Merry Christmas! 🎄♥️