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Zwein during one of the 2019 protests in Beirut. Credit: Victoria El-Khoury Zwein
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Mar 12 2021 (IPS) - The fight for equality around the globe has taken a few steps forward in some countries which provides a glimmer of hope for future generations for increased female participation and representation. However, that particular fight is taking new shapes and forms in multiple corners of the world, where women are still persecuted, silenced, threatened, killed, harassed, and stripped off their basic human rights on a daily basis. The question today is, when will the world become a safer place for women and girls?