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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)
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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
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...Caption:
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)