Polygamy

Concerning polygamous marriage, she noted that a husband who had originally contracted a monogamous marriage could change his mind and opt for a polygamous one.

Polygamy is forbidden .

The wives and children joined them upon departure.

Turning to the issue of polygamy, she wished to know whether a woman could contract a form of marriage that excluded polygamy.

Many married women remained with their children without any financial support from their husbands.

The Government intended to study the impact of polygamy on children.

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Ms. Maiolo noted that polygamy was permitted under the Civil Code.

He expressed concern that punishment for polygamy had been used against people who opposed the Government.

During the famines caused by the Great Leap Forward, wife selling occurred in many of the poorer areas.

The status of cohabitation has also been prevalent due to the prohibition of polygamy in the Israeli law.

Among the issues identified, the Working Group mentioned forced marriage, child marriage and the sale of wives.

Polygamy is a customary practice commonly accepted in Mozambique, even though it is legally prohibited.

Men do not only have priority in treatment, but also have power over decisions regarding their wives' treatment.

Lady Borjigit (博爾濟吉特氏), from an unknown Mongol tribe.

The term can refer to any extended family, polyamorous or to a polygamy of any type.

At that time, two types of wife selling were recognized, both considered illegal.

To maintain and consolidate power, the Frente POLISARIO separated husbands and wives, parents and children.

Please indicate what measures are in place, or planned, to eliminate the practice of polygamy.

Ms. Tan, referring to polygamy, wanted to know whether the Government, as the only authority empowered to make changes, planned to bring the Civil Code in line with the articles of the Convention and to abolish polygamy.

Faits Divers d'Afrique relates the fates of abandoned wives and children left behind by men who emigrate.

Most deaths were to young unmarried men however, 160,000 wives lost husbands and 300,000 children lost fathers.

Mr. ANDO asked how the Islamic laws on polygamy were interpreted by Yemeni society.

As no census had been taken, there were no data on polygamy in rural areas.

According to the South African NGO People Opposing Women Abuse, polygamy is enhanced through patriarchy, encouraging the dominance of the man in these polygamous relationships, thereby shifting the balance of power in favour of the man and not encouraging women to negotiate and exercise control over their sexual intimacies with their husband.

And so I suddenly realized two very simple things First, the widowhood effect was not restricted to husbands and wives.

The new law also contains provisions on marital rape, trade in and possession and distribution of child pornography, forced prostitution and stalking.

She wished to caution, however, that de facto polygamy was rife in societies that were nominally monogamous.

Over 90 per cent of women were governed by either customary law or sharia law, both of which permitted polygamy.

The Gambia had no intention of hiding behind traditional cultural values, but Committee members should realize that polygamy, for instance, did not inevitably lead to unhappy wives.

There are examples, in polygamous societies, of royal concubines murdering each other s children in order to assure the predominance of their genetic line.

Similarly, 78 of Kurds rejected polygamy, compared to just 49 of both Shi ites and Sunnis.

She also wished to know whether the issue of the equal treatment of wives was justiciable before a family court.

Polygamy was absolutely illegal under the Criminal Code, and was subject to imprisonment of 6 months to 2 years.

Originally an ancient honor code,Farhang ensures the dominance of the oldest male of any household, followed by married sons, unmarried sons, and grandsons, then wives (with the youngest at the bottom).

Moreover, child brides are more likely to drop out of school to concentrate on domestic chores and child rearing.

Among other things, new legislation would make polygamy the rule, rather than the exception, and would deprive women of an equal right to divorce.

But those who covet more than this will be transgressors

So whoever desires more than these two they are crossing the limits .

( but whosoever seeks after more than that , those are the transgressors )

And Whosoever seeketh beyond that , then it is these who are the transgressors

But whoever seeks beyond that , then those are the transgressors

But whoever seeks anything beyond that these are the transgressors .

As for those who seek beyond that , they are transgressors