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"Killing of women in the name of âhonour': An evolving phenomenon in Lebanon"
A one - day expert group meeting called for by the UN special rapporteur on VAW Ms. Rashida Manjoo was convened in the UNFPA New York headquarters on Wednesday October 12, 2011. Sixteen experts from different corners of the globe presented papers that portrayed the regional idiosyncrasies of manifestations, root causes and consequences of gender - motivated killings (femicide and feminicide). Besides papers that presented concepts and related conceptual challenges, the presentations covered selected countries from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South East Asia, Canada and Europe. The paper featured in the Library is presented by Azza Charara Baydoun, professor of Social psychology (Lebanese University) and researcher in women and gender issues. The paper begins "Although "crimes of "honour"" is the phrase commonly used to describe the killing of women within the family in Lebanon, these killings are drifting further away from the classical form of what is known in our part of the world as "honour" â based crimes."
Azza Charara Baydoun highlights the manifestations of family femicides in Lebanon.
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