More activities to commemorate the International Day to Combat Violence Against Women

On the occasion of the International Day to Combat Violence Against Women, The Lebanese Council to Resist Violence against Woman (LECORVAW) launched earlier this week, its contribution to the 16-day World Campaign entitled “From Peace at Home to Peace in the World”.  The Campaign addresses equality amongst women and men, gender based violence, discrimination and early marriage and includes activities to be implemented essentially in Beirut and Tripoli beginning with the holding of a seminar at the Balamand University.  Activities include films viewing as well as interactive theater performances and shows for more than 300 children.  The cycle also includes activities targeting LECORVAW’s own work team on gender based violence in addition to round tables and seminars with women’s groups, clergy and various other associations.
In a related vein, the Lebanese Centre for Civic Education concluded yesterday its project entitled “Let us Work Together to Build Bridges” with an interactive play on violence against women held at the Chyah municipality.  The play highlighted the case of a husband who is against women’s right to work, and underscored the problems arising from patriarchal education which make men stubborn without reasonable cause.
Source: Al-Nahar, Al-Nahar 28 November 2013