domestic violence Archives

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Family Life

Youth-focused initiative to help domestic abuse victims

In an effort to support youth, Qatar Museums (QM) and the Protection and Social Rehabilitation Center (AMAN) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to rehabilitate and reintegrate young domestic…

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Culture

Qatar-based NGO joins global fight against domestic violence

Over the next two weeks, Mexican expat Yezenia Navarro is collaborating with the UN on an international campaign called “Orange the World."

4 min

Culture

When it comes to love and marriage, more Qataris taking their time

While the number of divorces among locals has fluctuated, the marriage rate among Qataris appears to have been steadily declining since 2006.

2 min

PHOTOS: Doha students decry violence against women and children

The students expressed themselves in artwork that is being displayed at the QNCC until tomorrow, as part of the ongoing 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice that has been hosted in Doha over the past week.

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Culture
Life

Study: 1 in 5 young men in Qatar say husbands justified in beating wives

A recently released government report has provided new insights into attitudes about the acceptability of domestic violence in Qatar.

2 min

Culture
News

Qatar rights group: Violence against women at home, in the workplace, continues to rise

The number of reported cases of violence against women in Qatar rose 54 percent from 2010 to 2011 and continues to increase, according to the Qatar Foundation for the Protection…

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Culture
News

Qatar records nearly 1,000 cases of domestic abuse this year

The number of domestic abuse cases against women and children continues to rise in Qatar, as the country works to draft a new law to define and criminalize the act.…

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Culture
News

Qatar to tackle rising domestic violence cases with new law

In response to numerous calls to tackle the country’s rising levels of domestic violence, Qatar is drafting a new law that would define and criminalize the act, local media reports.…

Culture
News

Officials: Qatar must do more in fight against domestic violence

Officials: Qatar must do more in fight against domestic violence Lamenting a lack of social and legal institutions and the absence of studies and data on domestic violence in Qatar,…

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