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Violence against Women Study in Syria
Date:
8 June 2006
UNIFEM and the General Union of Women released the
first-ever comprehensive field study of violence
against women in Syria in May 2006. The study
included close to 2,000 families, selected at
random, with men and women in each family questioned
separately. According to UNIFEM, formal studies on
the issue had not been done before and there was no
data to conduct any sort of analysis. It is hoped
that the report will bring the issue out into the
open, and stimulate dialogue on topics such as honor
killings, domestic abuse, forced marriage and sexual
assault.
Some general findings include:
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56% of the reasons given for women's being punished
were for "disrespect" and cursing; 14% for
neglecting their household duties. Husbands beat
their wives in 49% of such cases, used insults in
38%, and used silent treatment in 8.4%.
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67% of women had been punished in front of their
families — 52% were insulted and 87% were beaten.
Read more key findings from the report.
The full report is currently available only in
Arabic. For more information, contact Shirin Shukri,
shirin.shukri[at]unifem.org
Click here for Key findings from the report
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