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03315aam a2200541 i 4500 001 02BE0F7EEA0B11E7B6F5700597128E48 003 SILO 005 20171226010227 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 150508t20152015nyu 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2015372739 020 $a 1623132169 020 $a 9781623132163 035 $a (OCoLC)905309880 040 $a TXQ $b eng $e rda $c TXQ $d DLC $d LTSCA $d AU@ $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a a-le--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/a-le 050 00 $a KMP52.3 $b .G43 2015 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/K 100 1 $a Geagea, Nayla, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015030098 245 10 $a Unequal and unprotected : $b women's rights under Lebanese personal status law. 246 30 $a Women's rights under Lebanese personal status laws 246 18 $a Lebanon, unequal and unprotected 264 1 $a [New York, N.Y.] : $b Human Rights Watch, $c [2015] 300 $a iv, 115 pages ; $c 27 cm 500 $a " ... written by Nayla Geagea and Lama Fakih, Syria and Lebanon researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division. Youmna Makhlouf contributed to the writing."--Page 115. 500 $a "January 2015"--Contents page. 500 $a "This 114-page report found that, across all religions, personal status laws erect greater barriers for women than men who wish to terminate unhappy or abusive marriages, initiate divorce proceedings, ensure their rights concerning their children after divorce, or secure pecuniary rights from a former spouse. The laws also violate children's rights, most significantly the need to consider their best interests in all judicial decisions concerning their welfare."--Publisher's website as viewed March 10, 2015. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Glossary -- Summary -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background: multiple personal status laws -- II. Religious courts: lack of oversight and inadequate judicial training -- III. Unequal divorce laws -- IV. Unequal maternal custody-paternal guardianship -- V. Women's vulnerable eonomic position, lack of protection from domestic violence -- VI. International human rights obligationa -- Acknowledgements. 530 $a Also available online via the World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Women's rights $z Lebanon. 650 0 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z Lebanon. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination $z Lebanon. 653 $a Lebanon 653 $a Women 653 $a Discrimination 653 $a Human rights violations 653 $a Legal standing 653 $a Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 653 $a Interviews 653 $a Overseas item 700 1 $a Fakih, Lama, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013124299 700 1 $a Makhlouf, Youmna, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015030101 710 2 $a Human Rights Watch (Organization), $e publisher. $e publisher. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88622031 856 41 $u http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/lebanon0115_ForUpload.pdf $z View full text of publication 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171226021422.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02BE0F7EEA0B11E7B6F5700597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search