Collective Action
Women protest personal status laws outside Parliament
Women gave testimonials of suffering that they attribute to the lack of a single civil code in Lebanon at a demonstration outside Parliament over the weekend.
The women were among some 20 who had gathered in Beirut’s Nijmeh Square Saturday to demonstrate against Lebanon’s multifarious personal status laws. In Lebanon, no civil code currently exists to regulate so-called personal status issues like marriage and divorce, property rights and child care. Rather, such matters are governed by 15 religious laws, which are overseen by associated courts based on a person’s religious affiliation.
Date:
March 23, 2019
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Affected group (inc. NIMBY)
Mode of Action:
Demonstration
Objective:
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Solidarity with minorities (sexual, ethnic, migrants etc)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics:
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency:
One off
State response:
Bargaining