As Safir day at the Arab book fair reminds visitors of laws that remain discriminatory against women || Newspapers (Arabic)

A number of women groups took part in the As Safir day organized on Saturday December 15th at the Biel exhibition centre and introduced visitors to the various on-going campaigns seeking to reform laws that remain discriminatory against women.  The process kicked off with CRTD.A-supported campaign “My Nationality is a Right for me and my Family” which introduced the public to the background of that initiative launch in early 2001 as well as the progress noted in the reform of the nationality laws in Egypt, Algeria Morocco, Yemen, Libya, UAE, and, more recently, KSA.  Progress in Lebanon was also noted at the level of the three-years residency permit issued in 2010, reform of the work permit procedures in 2011 as well as the newly set up Ministerial Committee to review the law and suggest reforms coupled with the law petition submitted by the National Commission for Lebanese Women.  Ruwad Frontiers for their part focused on the issue of stateless people in Lebanon and the impact that statelessness has on the ability to have a “normal;” social and professional life and enjoy health and education.
For its part, the Working Women League focused on the religious family laws in Lebanon and shared the work of the Lebanese network for family rights as well as the work of other women organisations in reforming the family code notably in what relates to child custody age.
Finally, “Kafa” noted the progress in the law petition to protect women from family violence and highlighted three new positive changes namely reintroducing women within the law’s headline, reconsidering the issue of marital rape and reviewing clause 12 which relates to the protection of children in custody age.

Source: Al-Safir Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4 - 17 December 2012