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Zwein during one of the 2019 protests in Beirut. Credit: Victoria El-Khoury Zwein BEIRUT, Lebanon, Mar 12 2021 (IPS) - The fight for equality around the globe has taken a few steps forward in some countries which provides a glimmer of hope for future generations for increased female participation and representation. However, that particular fight is taking new shapes and forms in multiple corners of the world, where women are still persecuted, silenced, threatened, killed, harassed, and stripped off their basic human rights on a daily basis. The question today is, when will the world become...

SHARE Sara* went from being a passionate newlywed, who fought everything and everyone around her in the name of love, to becoming a victim of violence within a matter of months. Unfortunately, this Lebanese woman's story is not uncommon. Married for four months and beaten three times, Sara describes walking into a trap “with her own two feet” and ending up in a marriage that is the opposite of what she envisioned. She sought safety and support from her family but was met by a wall of silence, a wall they wished to hide behind for fear of societal judgment.

The murder of model Zeina Kanjo and two other women has provoked outrage in Lebanon, as authorities revealed a doubling of domestic abuse reports in the country.

LEBANON-WOMEN/CRIME (CORRECTED):REFILE-Murders of women spark anger in Lebanon as domestic violence doubles

Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities