wfn.org | WOMEN COMBATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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Forty-five social assistants from Church institutions came together (26
July) at the Antonite Monastery in Bikfaya-Lebanon, and at the invitation o f
MECC Women Program to be engaged in a one-day workshop on ways of ³Combatin g
Domestic Violence². The meeting started with prayers, then introduction and
a word of welcoming by the Program¹s coordinator Mrs. Maha Wehbe, followed
by Mother Mary Xavieh who gave a spiritual perspective related to the issue
at hand. Lawyer Danielle Howayek from ³Kafa² presented a film called
³Najeyyat² and gave an overall view on the legal aspect and laws pertaining
to the problem. Ms Caroline Sleibi another speaker asked the question: Who
is responsible for violence? The participants assembled in working groups t o
discuss the issue. Finally Dr. Mary Khoury presented the negative
consequences of violence on women and ways to remedy it.
For more information contact : mmilki@hotmail.com

>Middle East Council of Churches
>Office of International Ecumenical Relations
>P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon

Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary

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