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CAN SAUDI ARABIA'S ANTI-VIOLENCE
CAMPAIGN MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Full CNN Article: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/12/world/meast/saudi-arabia-anti-domestic-abuse-campaign
May 13, 2013.....Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, admits that though these measures are impressive, more needs to be done to protect women inside the country.
"There are no laws that protect women specifically. If, for example, a woman claims rape, and a man says it was consensual, she can face a counter charge of adultery," he says.
Though there is currently no law that punishes a man for beating his wife, the King Khalid Foundation has prepared legislation that would do just that. In fact, it is the pending bill, which would decide the punitive measures abusers could face (a mix of imprisonment, financial restitution and loss of custody), that spurred the campaign to begin with......
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SAUDA ARABIA RUNS ADS FOR ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT NO CURRENT LAWS AGAINST & TO PROTECT VICTIMS
Full MSN News Article: http://news.msn.com/world/saudi-arabia-runs-its-1st-ad-against-domestic-violence
May 13, 2013.....The campaign,
titled "No More Abuse," is intended to back pending
legislation to criminalize domestic abuse in the kingdom....
There are currently no laws in Saudi Arabia that protect domestic violence victims. Women have to get permission from their male guardians to work or travel abroad and in some cases, to undergo surgery....
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SAUDI ARABIA - LAUNCH OF FIRST ANTI-DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN
"Some
things cannot be covered. Fighting women's abuse together." Image
taken from the campaign by the King Khalid Charitable Foundation.
The campaign, which received the backing of the King Khalid Charitable Foundation, carries the slogan: ‘Some things can’t be covered - fighting women’s abuse together’.
It encourages Saudis to report cases of domestic violence, adding: “The
phenomenon of battered women in
IMPROVING WOMEN'S RIGHTS
The campaign is another indication of the kingdom’s attempts to improve women’s rights in the country, which operates under the ultra conservative form of Islam known as Wahhabism.
Women are still banned from driving or travelling freely on their own out of the country without being accompanied by a male relative. But in contrast, King Abdullah swore in 30 women, in February, onto the previously male-only Shura council.
The monarch has also granted women the right to vote and stand in the next municipal elections, scheduled for 2015. It has also been announced that women will be allowed to practice law professionally.
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