Ua hui pū ʻo Lebanona i ka Pōʻakolu i nā lāhui ʻAlapia ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi kānāwai e ʻae ana i nā mea hoʻomake i ka hoʻopaʻi inā lākou e male i kā lākou mea i hōʻeha ʻia i kahi neʻe i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e nā mea hoʻokūkū kuleana wahine.
Ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Ioredane e kāpae nei i kāna kānāwai ma mua o kēia mahina, a ʻo Tunisia e hana ana pēlā i ka mahina i hala, ua koho nā luna kānāwai Leban e hoʻopau i ka ʻatikala 522 i ka code penal Lebanona.
"He paepae kēia e pono e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia no nā wahine āpau ma Lebanona," wahi a Roula Masri o ka hui kuleana kūloko ʻo Abaad. Ua hakakā ʻo Abaad e kūʻē i ke kānāwai o ka ʻāina no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi.
"E pono i ka Hale ʻAhaʻāina ... e hoʻoholo koke i nā kānāwai e hoʻopau ai i ka pue wahine a me ka male ʻana o nā keiki, e kū kānāwai nei ma Lebanona," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Bassam Khawaja, ka mea noiʻi Lebanona ma Human Rights Watch.