{"id":22,"date":"2013-09-12T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/?p=22"},"modified":"2014-09-28T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T17:04:18","slug":"lebanon-womens-prisons-are-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/lebanon-womens-prisons-are-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon: Women\u2019s Prisons Are Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From healthcare to legal aid, reports reveal a tragic reality experienced by female prisoners in Lebanon that surpasses that of their male counterparts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although inhumane conditions in Lebanon\u2019s prisons have received more attention<\/a> over the past few years, women\u2019s prison conditions did not receive the same kind of interest.<\/p>\n

Several NGOs have undertaken a project recently to strengthen human rights policies in Lebanon\u2019s prisons. The project aims to improve conditions in the country\u2019s female prisons according to international standards of human rights, according to Rudolf Gebrayel of Diakonia, one of the groups involved in the project. Other groups involved include: the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL), Caritas Lebanon, and Dar al-Amal, with the support of the EU Commission and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.<\/p>\n

The project, which will be implemented over a period of 30 months, targets female prisoners, prison guards, and the staff working at the four female prisons in Baabda, Tripoli, Zahle, and Beirut.<\/p>\n