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Saudi Arabia/Canada: a protest by progressive Muslim organisation
22 June 2010, by siawi2MPV contact details:
Muslims for Progressive Values Ottawa
www.mpvottawa.com
613 260 8798
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MPV (Muslims for Progressive Values), both the national organization and the local DC chapter, are staging a protest in Washington (...) -
Yemen court releases Saudi woman and sweetheart
5 December 2013, by siawi3The lovers’ plight has gripped imaginations in both Yemen and Saudi Arabia, where the young woman’s courage is seen as astonishing. She not only went against the wishes of her family, who said she could not marry Tahar, but also dared to flee the country and follow him to Yemen.
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France: acquisition de la nationalité conditionnée à l’égalité des genres
10 June 2011, by siawi2http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2011/06/10/un-refus-de-nationalite-sans-precedent_1534306_3224.html
L’égalité homme-femme, nouveau motif de refus de la nationalité
Il n’est ni polygame ni bigame. Pas de signes non plus de violences (...) -
Germany approves same-sex marriage, bringing it in line with much of Western Europe
1 July 2017, by siawi3Germany on Friday recognized the right of same-sex couples to wed, a major step for gay women and men living in a country split between conservative, Christian customs and modernizing forces. The German Parliament voted 393-226 to modify the country’s civil code
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Bangladesh: Marriages: Made in Heaven, Living Hell for Many
28 October 2012, by siawi3The visible as well as intangible forms of gender violence that result from discriminatory family laws.
Bangladesh’s family laws for Muslims, Hindus and Christians, some dating to the 19th century, grant men far greater powers than women in marriage and accessing divorce. They do not recognise women’s many contributions to marital homes, husbands’ businesses and other family property. They give virtually no guidance to courts for determining maintenance amounts when marriages break down. Yet these laws have remained frozen in time for decades, and in some cases more than a century.
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The free union in Latin America: recent aspects of a secular phenomenon
8 November 2012, by siawi3In the context of a large mix of races resulting from the meetings of differing cultures, these unions are the result of the partial failure of attempts by the European colonial powers to impose Catholicism and its accompanying model of marriage upon colonized territories in the region and their people.
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France : Premier couple marié de deux personnes homosexuelles !
6 novembre 2012, par siawi3La cour d’appel de Rennes a accepté que Wilfrid, marié et père de trois enfants, devienne Chloé. Même si l’acte de mariage ne sera pas modifié, on peut dire que ce couple devient de facto le premier couple de personnes mariées de même sexe avec des enfants.
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Indonésie : Le premier site de rencontres pour mariages musulmans polygames
3 novembre 2017, par siawi3L’application n’a pas tardé à faire fureur en Indonésie, un pays qui compte la plus grande population musulmane au monde. À peine sortie, elle a enregistré 30 000 téléchargements, dès ses premières semaines d’exploitation. Pour s’inscrire, l’homme candidat à la polygamie devra fournir une lettre de sa première épouse l’autorisant à se marier avec une nouvelle femme. Des militantes féministes se sont opposées à cette application considérant qu’elle représente une atteinte aux droits de la femme.
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Maroc : Couples mixtes
13 janvier 2018, par siawi3En défilant l’histoire de ses parents, Larbi et Jacqueline-Aziza, la réalisatrice Zakia Tahiri signe un très beau documentaire sur les couples mixtes en terre marocaine.
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Iranian women fight controversial ‘polygamy’ bill
1 December 2011, by siawi3at least 65 male members of the country’s 290-strong parliament had two or more wives. This is despite the fact that polygamy contravenes the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Iran has ratified
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