by Sezen Yaras | May 10, 2014 | Opinion
Almost every day, there is news from various parts of Turkey about women and children being raped or killed. According to statistics one Turkish MP provided during a recent parliamentary debate, close to 900 women were murdered between 2008 and 2013, with 40 percent...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 1, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, Reuters—Lebanon’s parliament approved a law on Tuesday designed to curb domestic violence but activists said it had been watered down so much it would provide only limited protection for women. Meeting for the first time since a year-long political...
by Diana Moukalled | Mar 12, 2014 | Opinion
The Iraqi women protesting in Baghdad—dressed in black—over the Ja’afari personal status draft law which the Iraqi cabinet has approved, are linked to our situation as individuals in general and as women in particular. It is truly an occasion where we must all wear...