WUNRN
LEBANON - KAFA:
Silent Witness:
Clothesline Project:
KAFA
(enough) Violence and Exploitation,
16
Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2007
Towards
Legislation for Protection from Family Violence
In keeping with its yearly tradition of
marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, KAFA
(enough) Violence & Exploitation will be holding a series of events to on
the topic of gender-based violence in various locations around
The purpose of these events is to increase
awareness of the impact of violence against women, to celebrate a woman's
strength to survive and to provide another avenue for her to courageously break
the silence that often surrounds her experience. For the first time in
KAFA will also continue with the Silent
Witness Exhibition, which is a series of silhouettes representing women who
have been killed in acts of family or domestic violence, each of whose story is
recorded on her silhouette.
These exhibits will be accompanied by
debates and discussion sessions focusing on the legal dimensions of violence
against women, and calling on the government to assume its responsibility in
protecting women suffering from violence within the family. The 16 Days
campaign 2007 will therefore act as a precursor to the launching of a long-term
campaign to push for the legislation of protection of women from family
violence.
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