The investigation judge in Mount Lebanon requests capital punishment for the murdering of a wife and two activities in Chekka and Jbail on violence against women

The investigation judge in Mount Lebanon, Peter Germanos, requested in a presumptive decision, that M.M. accused of murdering his wife, Ruqaya Munther, with a shot gun, be charged with murder according to article 549, clause 4 of the penal code which is subject to capital punishment.
On the other hand, the Council for the Development of Chekka organized earlier this week a seminar on violence against women during which, former Minister Mona Ofeishe intervened along with the deputy DGS of the Communist party, Mary Debs who noted that violence against women is not only domestic but also includes social, political and legal discrimination.  She added that the solution to break the circle of violence is to find a unified civil family code.  Ofeishe spoke about the causes of violence and insisted on the need for new laws and legislations.  She noted that the law to protect women from domestic violence which was endorsed last April was below the expectations of civil society and of women in general and hoped that it will be revised shortly.
Within the same vein, the International Centre for Humanities in Jbail-Byblos affiliated to the UNESCO organized earlier this week an art exhibit to reflect the realities of the life of a Jordanian survivor of childhood violence.  The event was under the auspices of the Minister of Social Affairs represented by the director of the local center of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Dolly Shami and organized by the Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women (LECORVAW).  LECORVAW president, Laura Sfeir, noted that the event is a great step towards changing the lives of abused women as art is a form of expression that is also an important therapy.  Shami for her part spoke of the diverse interventions undertaken by her Ministry to combat gender based violence.
Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Nahar 11 June