Lebanon

Lebanon: Palestinian women denied rights even in camps

Palestinian women in one of Lebanon's largest refugee camps say that with no rights in the country or even within their own community, they feel they are treated "worse than dogs."

Liban: Propositions pour juger la violence domestique hors des tribunaux religieux

Ghida Anani, coordinatrice de KAFA, une organisation libanaise luttant contre les formes d’exploitation et de violence envers les femmes, estime que trois quart des femmes libanaises ont subi, à un moment ou à un autre de leur vie des violences physiques.

Lebanon: Move to take domestic violence cases out of religious courts

As lawmakers struggle to form a government three months after Lebanon's parliamentary elections, women's rights activists await the opening of parliament to debate a new bill on domestic violence.

Lebanon: Voices of queer women & trans persons

Lebanon's first and long-awaited book on the lives of queer women and transgender people in Lebanon is published by Meem.

Lebanon: Women want greater political representation

While Lebanese women today enjoy senior positions in the private sector, political appointments have all but eluded them.

Lebanon: Government Postpones Discussion of Draft Law

The members of the National Alliance for Legalizing the Protection of Women from Family Violence did not get the result they were expecting when the bill for the Protection of Women from Family Violence was listed number 1 on the Cabinet’s agenda.

Lebanon: Rights group calls for law banning sectarian incitement

Lebanon needs a new law banning sectarian prejudice and incitement, to help heal rifts that widened after last week’s fighting between opposition and pro-government forces, the Beirut-based Khiam Rehabilitation Centre said.

Lebanon: Labor Day campaign for domestic workers

A campaign to protect domestic workers from abuse and exploitation challenges employers to ‘Put Yourself in Her Shoes’.

Liban: Le cinéma divise le Liban

L’interdiction de la diffusion du film Persepolis révèle l’ampleur de l’influence iranienne.

Liban: Rachid Daif: Ecrivain libanais

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