family law, worldwide
Posted in Middle East on Jun 29th, 2008
When I blogged about the little Yemeni girl who filed for divorce from her 30-year-old husband by herself here, the story hadn’t been picked up by many major news outlets. Now the New York Times has an in-depth story on how that girl and another are changing the way Yemenis look at child marriage.
“Voices are [...]
Posted in Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America on May 20th, 2008
In this blog post at Slate.com’s Human Nature, William Saletan questions the sense in prohibiting incest with a surprising argument. Women who delay motherhood significantly increase the risk their children will be born with Down syndrome, so much so, that by the time women are having children in their forties the risk is significantly [...]
Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America on May 16th, 2008
Today is the United Nations International Day of Families. The theme for this year is “Fathers and Families: Responsibilities and Challenges.” Secretary General Ban Ki Moon wrote in a message in honor of the day
Traditionally in many societies, fathers have been moral teachers, disciplinarians and breadwinners. In many countries, there is now [...]
Posted in Middle East on Apr 28th, 2008
In Saudi Arabia women cannot work, travel, study, marry or seek medical treatment without the permission of their male guardian. These men are usually the woman’s husband or father, but can also be her son. In cases of domestic abuse, a woman is unable to report the crime because her guardian, who may [...]
Posted in Middle East on Apr 15th, 2008
A friend passed on this article from the Yemen Times that AlterNet referenced in one of their blogs. It’s a disturbing story of what marriage and sex can mean to other governments and families. The girl would like to take her father to court for forcing her to marry a 30-year-old man, who [...]
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