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Vigil highlights reach of gender-based violence
Date of incident:
December 27, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
The murder of Rebecca Dykes this month turned a spotlight on to male violence against women in Lebanon, with activists noting that the crime was not an isolated incident in the country where gender-based violence is widely underreported. “This could happen to any woman, it could be me, it could be you. I’m extremely upset about everything that has happened,” Sahar Chalak told The Daily Star on evening during a vigil held at Beirut’s National Museum for four recent victims of femicide that included Dykes.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary):
Conflicts of social discrimination
Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
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