Lina Abirafeh is Director of the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/lina-abirafeh/rss en Gender-Based Violence Politics and Policy Thu, 17 Aug 2017 08:41:25 +0000 Lina Abirafeh https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/08/17/lebanon-repeals-marry-your-rapist-law-but-equality-is-a-long-way-off https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2017/08/17/lebanon-repeals-marry-your-rapist-law-but-equality-is-a-long-way-off Lebanon is the latest country to close a legal loophole allowing rapists to escape punishment by marrying the women they raped. But more work needs to be done on legislating for women’s rights, writes Lina Abirafeh of the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World.