family law, worldwide
Posted in 5 questions, Asia on Jun 11th, 2008
A new feature of Familienpolitik is the 5 questions interview. This week I spoke with Faizah Marzuki, a 31-year-old Malaysian who is an account director for an advertising company.
In the interview Marzuki refers to the fact that in Malaysia the different ethnic and religious populations are governed by different laws. Muslims, who make [...]
Posted in Africa on May 5th, 2008
My classmate Christa Hillstrom, who blogs about human trafficking here, found this article about a new family law in Mali on the United Nations’ Integrated Regional Information Networks news site. Family law in this African country hasn’t changed much since the 1960s, shortly after Mali gained independence from France.
photo by Arriving at the Horizon [...]
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 Europe on Apr 25th, 2008
When Hatun Sürücü was killed by her brothers for living a lifestyle that challenged their traditional, Muslim values, Germans were shocked. Now a charity in Berlin named after Hatun and her son Can has been started to protect women from this kind of violence. In this Spiegel Online article, two Turkish women share [...]
Posted in Middle East on Apr 14th, 2008
Marriage is such an important social rite in Egypt and yet its costs can be prohibitive. The Egyptian government is worried that those who don’t marry because they can’t afford it might become alienated and turn to religious extremism. So the government and charities are now sponsoring mass weddings. Read about it [...]
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