Arab Women’s Organization hold workshop addressing ‘increasing violence against women’
According to Egypt today, The Arab Women’s Organization holed a workshop yesterday addressing “the phenomenon of increasing violence against women in the Arab world,” with the participation of a group of Arab women and men experts.
Dr Fadia Kiwan, the organization’s Director General, confirmed that the workshop is part of the organization’s activities to participate in the international campaign to combat violence against women, which runs for 16 days.
She added that the workshop discusses the reasons for the increase in the phenomenon of violence against women and the Arab legislation that address it, as well as present case studies on the increase in violence against women in the public sphere, in addition to cyber violence, violence during wars and conflicts, and domestic violence, as well as propose solutions to contain the phenomenon of increasing violence.
