Woman forbidden from seeing daughter sparks debate over religious law in Lebanon

Woman forbidden from seeing daughter sparks debate over religious law in Lebanon

The protest in Tyre - where a tearful Jaber was present, holding her daughter's picture - was sparsely attended.. At the least we should raise the age of custody for girl and the boy, and that there should be shared custody for the mother and the father.". Making women's rights a priority in Lebanon. Under the current system, she said, "Not only there is discrimination between women and men, there is discrimination between women and women" because women of different sects are treated differently.. Aoun Roukoz said she is advocating for the religious authorities to amend their own laws.. As to whether lawmakers will be willing to make women's rights issues a priority at a time when most are focused on the country's economic crisis, she said, "Women's issues are never priorities in Lebanon, from 100 years to now.. "If you want to have economic growth in a country, you need to have equal rights," she said..