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Women hold a banner reading “Stop Killing Women” and pictures of women killed to denounce violence against women in Turkey on May 11, 2013 in Ankara. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Opinion: Turkey’s “Return to the Family” in the face of Domestic Violence

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...

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A Lebanese activist uses her inked thumb to mark a white sheet during a protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, after the country’s parliament approved a long-awaited law that protects women against domestic. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon passes disputed domestic violence law

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...

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Iraqi protesters hold a banner during a demonstration against the draft of the Ja’afari Personal Status Law during International Women’s Day in Baghdad on March 8, 2014. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Opinion: Personal Matters

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...