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According to Lebanese law, a marriage is characterized as mixed when it is contracted between two Lebanese of different confessions or between a Lebanese and a foreigner: The legal system regulating marriage is determined by confessional affiliation for the Lebanese and by national affiliation for the foreigners.

Violence against women is directly linked to the historic discrimination against them. It is an expression of the gendered imbalance of power that has resulted in a gap intensified by the existing legal, social, and cultural institutions. Eliminating gender-based violence can only be achieved by addressing gender gaps, which require the adoption of specialized policies and programs. The Lebanese government ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1996, and civil society utilizes it as a standard reference to eliminate discrimination against women from the existing legislations as well as to improve on them1 in order to create a more women-friendly environment.

A truck carrying prisoners pulled into the courtyard of the Judicial Palace and three women stepped out. My friend and I looked at them and immediately concluded, judging from their appearance, that one was Lebanese, one Romanian and the other Sri Lankan. We continued our guessing game and assumed that the Lebanese woman must have been arrested for drugs, the Romanian for prostitution, and the Sri Lankan for theft. All of a sudden, we realized that we were biased in our assumptions, given that we had drawn our conclusions from first impressions.