dc.contributor.author | Maalouf, Donna Maria | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-13T12:37:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-13T12:37:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-08-13 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/61537 | |
dc.description.abstract | In Lebanon, women have a long history of organizing and working towards equal legislation
for all, just as in other countries around the world. After several rounds of advocacy by actors
from the Lebanese women's movement, the gender-discriminating article 522 from the penal
code was abolished in the year 2017. Before its abolished from the Lebanese penal code,
article 522 would allow a person who has committed rape, abduction or statutory rape to be
free from prosecution or suspended from conviction if he married the girl or woman. At the
same time as Article 522 was abolished in 2017, the marriage loophole was re-embedded
under article 505, which includes sex with a 15-year-old minor, as well as article 518, which
deals with the seduction of a minor with the promise of marriage (BBC, 2017). However,
many considered the initial abolition as an essential first step towards gender equal legislation
in the Lebanese context. This study aims at understanding how actors from Lebanese
women’s movement advocate for legislative changes by analysing their process of abolishing
article 522. To achieve this understanding, social movement theory has been applied to
analyse stories that were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven female
informants from the Lebanese women’s rights NGO’s ABAAD, KAFA, LECORVAW and
LCW. The study showed that the actors involved shared different opinions on how the
problem with article 522 should be framed and that the overall process had been far from
linear, as the Lebanese women’s movement encountered many threats and obstacles. The
delay of the Lebanese government and the sectarian interference with the implementation of
gender equality legislation are a few examples. | sv |
dc.language.iso | eng | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Globala studier | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2019:1 | sv |
dc.subject | Globala studier | sv |
dc.subject | global studies | sv |
dc.title | The abolishment of the Lebanese marriage loophole – article 522. A qualitative social movement study that analyses and explores Lebanese women’s movement advocacy towards legislative changes and social change related to gender equality | sv |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.setspec.uppsok | SocialBehaviourLaw | |
dc.type.uppsok | H2 | |
dc.contributor.department | University of Gothenburg/School of Global Studies | eng |
dc.contributor.department | Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier | swe |
dc.type.degree | Student essay | |