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Posts tagged violence against women
Law to Protect Women from Family Violence Faces Horrible Distortions
Feb 21st
This is a translation of Farfahinne’s post: مشروع قانون حماية المرأة من العنف الأسري بعد التسريبات: تشويه ما بعده تشويه
Violence against women happens in two complimentary spheres. In the first, a number of cultural, political, and economic values and laws create an environment of violence in the public sphere. And More >
Lebanon Deletes “Honor” Crime Article from Penal Code
Aug 5th
You can read the full post in Arabic about the Lebanese Parliament vote to cancel Article 562 of the Penal Code that offers reduced sentences for “honor” crimes.
The Committee for Administration and Justice, headed by MP Robert Ghanem, had raised the recommendation to cancel Article 562 back on May 16, 2011. More >
Debate on Family Violence Law
Aug 3rd
Al Jazeera Stream hosted a debate on the proposed Law to Protect Women from Family Violence last night. I was arguing for and Sounay Nouh of the Women’s Committee to Protect the Family was arguing against. Discussion focused on marital rape, culture, child protection, and the current legal protection mechanisms.
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Objectification of Women in Advertising
Jul 2nd
From 1978,
to 2011,
the objectification of women in advertising continues. The 1978 ad is a prime example of how [naked] women are adding haphazardly in ads to sell products that have little to do with women or nudity. Patriarchy endorses the use of women’s bodies as objects to sell just about More >
Demonstration to Protect Women from Family Violence
May 30th
Photo by @joellehatem - click on it for the full album
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday at the demonstration to Protect Women from Family Violence!
Check out some of the press coverage today: Al Akhbar, Daily Star, L’Orient le Jour, AsSafir, Al Balad, Al Diyar, Al Moustaqbal, and Al More >
Anti-CEDAW Flyer
May 27th
The women’s committee of Dar Al Fatwa in the North of Lebanon have created this flyer bashing CEDAW and claiming that it is an attack on family values and on the psychological and physical particularities of women’s femininity.
If anything, they should be sued for horrible graphic design. Why do they More >
The Fight is Getting Ugly. Show Your Support for Women’s Rights!
May 24th
People, the lobby AGAINST the protection of women from family violence is starting to speak out with strong statements issued this week by many groups and political parties. Check out this story in As-Safir:
حملة من أجل “تكريس قوانين الأحوال الشخصية” الحالية: “قانون مناهضة العنف الأسري” يهمّش الدين والأخلاق
and this one More >
