A Future new workshop in Be7nine on family violence law with US funding

The women sector of the Fikr wa Hayat organized yesterday in Be7nine in Danniyeh a workshop on the family violence law within the framework of it Women Empowerment III project which the organization is implementing with funding from the American Embassy in Beirut.  MP Kathem al-Kheir of the Future Movement spoke about the family violence law and about its development within the parliamentary commissions to reach its present form.  He also spoke about its rationale, objectives and importance.  The coordinator of the women section in the Future Movement, Nabila Halwani, stressed the importance of women’s education so that women start demanding their rights.  She added that violence against women increases when there are no laws to curb it.  She also noted that abusers were themselves abused as this matter is related to education and home environment.
Rita Sayydeh explained the clauses of the new law and demanded that MPs protect women’s dignity with the law.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal 17 June 2014