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Madagascar maids: Misery in the Middle East
Poor women are most a risk of being duped into travelling to the Middle East By Hannah McNeishBBC News, Antananarivo19 August 2011 Forced to work as a “slave maid” for wealthy families in Lebanon for 15 years, Abeline Baholiarisoa – a 59-year-old woman from Madagascar – finally achieved her freedom in March. Madagascar’s government chartered […]
Madagascar maids: Misery in the Middle East
August 20, 2011
Poor women are most a risk of being duped into travelling to the Middle East By Hannah McNeishBBC News, Antananarivo19 August 2011 Forced to work as a “slave maid” for wealthy families in Lebanon for 15 years, Abeline Baholiarisoa – a 59-year-old woman from Madagascar – finally achieved her freedom in March. Madagascar’s government chartered […]
LEBANON Women Prisoners Play the Liberation Role
August 19, 2011
By Dalila Mahdawi Drama therapy in a Lebanese prison. Credit:Dalia Khamissy/Catharsis-LCDT. BAABDA WOMEN’S PRISON, Lebanon, Aug 18, 2011 (IPS) – To a soundtrack of almost constant pounding of fists against iron doors, drama therapist Zeina Daccache is trying to capture the attention of a group of women prisoners. Many of the 45 women are suffering […]
LEBANON Women Prisoners Play the Liberation Role
August 19, 2011
By Dalila Mahdawi Drama therapy in a Lebanese prison. Credit:Dalia Khamissy/Catharsis-LCDT. BAABDA WOMEN’S PRISON, Lebanon, Aug 18, 2011 (IPS) – To a soundtrack of almost constant pounding of fists against iron doors, drama therapist Zeina Daccache is trying to capture the attention of a group of women prisoners. Many of the 45 women are suffering […]
Lebanon: Law Reform Targets ‘Honor’ Crimes
August 14, 2011
Lebanese Laws Need Further Overhaul to Curb Gender-Based ViolenceAugust 11, 2011 As a matter of human rights, consensual sexual relationships between adults should never be criminalized, including relationships outside marriage and those between same-sex partners. Lebanon’s penal code provisions on adultery not only discriminate against women, they violate the rights of men and women alike. […]
Lebanon: Law Reform Targets ‘Honor’ Crimes
August 14, 2011
Lebanese Laws Need Further Overhaul to Curb Gender-Based ViolenceAugust 11, 2011 As a matter of human rights, consensual sexual relationships between adults should never be criminalized, including relationships outside marriage and those between same-sex partners. Lebanon’s penal code provisions on adultery not only discriminate against women, they violate the rights of men and women alike. […]
LEBANON: Hotchpotch of religious laws restricts basic rights
July 20, 2011
Photo: Jenny Gustafsson/IRINDemonstrating for equal citizenship and equal rights for men and women in Beirut BEIRUT, 19 July 2011 (IRIN) – The demand for equal religious, gender and other treatment for all Lebanese citizens has gained pace with some saying the time has come to review laws that confer inequality, especially on women. “As a […]
LEBANON: Hotchpotch of religious laws restricts basic rights
July 20, 2011
Photo: Jenny Gustafsson/IRINDemonstrating for equal citizenship and equal rights for men and women in Beirut BEIRUT, 19 July 2011 (IRIN) – The demand for equal religious, gender and other treatment for all Lebanese citizens has gained pace with some saying the time has come to review laws that confer inequality, especially on women. “As a […]
Gender issues - Human rights 
August 20, 2011
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