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  Legal Regulation of Marital Relations: An Historical and Comparative Approach

  2005

  How has the legal regulation of marriage evolved to include gender equality over time? Legal codes, case studies and 40 reports to the Commission to Eliminate Discrimination against Women were analysed to address this question. Marriage codes, be they western, Islamic or Chinese, traditionally obliged the wife to obey the husband by Divine law.
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  Women, nationality and citizenship

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2003

  In the majority of cases, nationality is crucial to the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This has significant implications for those who do not have nationality such as stateless persons and refugees. However, looking at nationality also reveals numerous gender discriminations.
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  Joint parenting - Lobbying in Senegal

  Famafrique, 1990

  The family code in Senegal, put in place in 1972, contains several items which discriminate against women in relation to family, health, work, the tax system, nationality and other areas. These violate the principles of equality in the national constitution and the international treaties Senegal has signed.
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  Hunting for Women: Bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2004

  The possibility of being kidnapped is a daily reality for many young Kyrgyz women. Kidnapping by a group of drunk, male strangers, and forced marriage to one, is a constant and serious threat.
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  Early marriage: child spouses

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001

  Early marriage is a violation of children's rights as it has profound psychological, physical, intellectual and emotional impacts, cutting off their chances of personal growth. This Digest looks at reasons for the perpetuation of early marriage, and its possible increase in populations under stress, highlighting poverty as a key factor.
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  Fifth Periodic CEDAW Report - Bangladesh

  2003

  Despite numerous positive advancements, patriarchal values and practices still limit Bangladeshi women's opportunities for education and employment. They also place them at a greater risk of violence in the form of rape, acid attacks and trafficking. Bangladesh is one of seven countries in the world where the number of women is less than that of men.
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  Rethinking Domestic Violence: A Training Process for Community Activists

  Raising Voices, 2012

  The Training Process is a programme tool for strengthening the capacity of a wide range of community actors such as trainers and activists to prevent domestic violence. It is a series of training sessions that will help participants think about, discuss and take action to prevent domestic violence.
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  Pakistan Enhanced HIV/AIDS Program: Social assessment and mapping of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lahore, Pakistan

  Naz Foundation International, 2002

  Expressions of affection between people of the same sex are easily accepted in Pakistan but in contrast, women's contact with men is controlled and socially policed. Many men have sexual relations with each other, and finding male sexual partners is easy.
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  CEDAW Combined Second and Third Periodic Reports of States Parties: Indonesia

  United Nations, 1997

  This report outlines the status of women in Indonesia as of 1997, the last time Indonesia made a submission to the United Nations Committee that monitors the implementation of CEDAW. Indonesia has had a Minister of State for the Role of Women since 1978. In the years leading up to 1997, the country experienced rapid economic growth that substantially changed the status of women.
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  Shadow Report, Ethiopia 2003 (Executive Summary)

  Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, 2003

  This shadow report, produced by NEWA and EWLA, offers a critique of the Ethiopian government's CEDAW report by looking at three broad areas: economic and socio-cultural status of women, equality in marriage and family relations and violence against women.

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