ABSTRACT
Issues central to Lebanese society, such as the predicaments of women, children, domestic keepers, the effects of the civil war, and recovery from that war are essential to the understanding of family violence in Lebanon. The ravages of the wars, beginning in 1975 and lasting to 1991, confront the government with a seemingly insurmountable reconstruction project, one that progresses slowly under the current recession. Attempting to regain their previous lives, families returned from war to vestiges of homes, no jobs, and high inflation-leading to a need for women and children to work at low-paying jobs to help their families survive.
