Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Domestic Violence Law Signals Hope for Kuwait’s Women

(Version anglaise seulement)

Click to expand Image The Kuwait city skyline is seen through haze in Kuwait City. © 2016 AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari, File This month, after years of activism, Kuwaiti women’s rights activists won a new law establishing protections against domestic violence. The need for this law was underscored on September 9 when Fatima al-Ajmi, aged 35 and pregnant, was shot repeatedly and killed, reportedly by a family member for marrying a man outside of her family’s community. Her killer had reportedly threatened her before. In 2019, I spoke to nine women in Kuwait who described facing abuse from…

Lire l'article complet