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Event Recording: Women in Lebanon

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On March 16, CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean participated in an online event about the humanitarian impact of Lebanon's deepening crises.

The event was hosted by the Arab Center Washington DC. Rola spoke about the country’s religious personal status laws and its nationality law, as well as domestic violence and child marriage.

  • On domestic violence in Lebanon, El-Husseini said, “After the financial crisis and the COVID pandemic, things have gotten worse for women. Like elsewhere in the world, the number of women hurt or killed by their husbands has recently increased.”
  • On the way forward, El-Husseini stated, “The most important solution to end domestic violence and discrimination against women in Lebanon is the implementation of a unified personal status law devoid of any religious intervention.”

Watch a recording of the event here

Rola El-Husseini Dean's research profile