In the Shadow of the Law Women and Justice Delivery in Zimbabwe WLSA research report 2000

The campaign calls for putting an end to discrimination against women in Iranian law.

On the women's rights to enter into contract the Civil Code continues to provide women's equal rights to enter into contract.

(g) The systemic discrimination against women and girls in law and in practice, and at the recent rejection of legislation to raise the age of marriage for women

At a broader level, the programme also attempts to facilitate the entry of women into the legal profession.

6.681 2004 creates the State Council for Women's Rights, in the State of Pará and Law No.

Law No. 39 of 1999 on Human Rights, Article 1 (3) acknowledges equal rights between men and women in law and civic life.

The State defended women through its laws, but they must also engage on their own behalf within the law.

Women and men equal before the law in all domains of economic, social, political and cultural life.

2004 was declared the Year of the Woman in Brazil (Law No. 10745, 2003).

Moreover, customary law denies justice to women.

States parties shall accord to women equality with men before the law.

States Parties shall accord to women equality with men before the law.

Although that Code was the principal instrument for combating discrimination against women in Benin, there were other laws that reinforced it the Act on Punishment of Female Genital Mutilation the Act on Reproductive Health and the Act on Sexual Violence against Women.

Under various circumstances, laws on violence against women, including on rape, are applied to women engaged in prostitution, without any distinctions whatsoever made with regard to legal principles.

(g) Criminal law of the Republic of Tajikistan has no provisions that discriminate against women.

The chiefs argued that customary law give them the right to make a woman return to her husband.

The National Commission on the Status of Women has recommended that the law should be amended appropriately.

This capacity is protected by article 325 of the Civil Code A married woman has full legal capacity.

The new Code on Greek Citizenship (law 3284 2004) abolishes any further discrimination against children of Greek or alien women.

All Penal Code provisions dealing with violence afford equal protection to all citizens including all women.

12.630 2003 establishes the State Program to Support Women in Violent Situation, in the State of Santa Catarina.

For example, in some regions customary law denies women the right to access land.

To this end, the government has revised the Civil Code with respect to those articles that discriminate against women.

This Bill does not directly address women's access to education.

Inheritance What it Means for Families in Zimbabwe WILDAF educational pamphlet

Situation on the Ground Women in Pakistan have the same rights de jure as men to social and economic benefits.

The Convention on the Elimination of the Discrimination against Women is not directly implemented in Australian law.

Director of Institute of Women's Studies, Birzeit University

At present, the offence of rape under the Criminal Code is limited to an act committed by men against women.

With respect to the woman's administration and disposal of her property, article 325 of the Civil Code declares A married woman has full legal capacity.

The Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan specifies punishment for the following acts, which indicate discrimination against women

It revoked most of the existing discriminatory provisions concerning the equality between women and men.

Before approaching other areas of Law in which women are discriminated, there is a need to analyze the situation of married women, because the existing Law does not contemplate this.

Ms. Hamdan (Lebanon) said that the law did not prevent women from running for office, but social conditions threw obstacles in the way of women's participation.

As a first step, it had carried out an in depth study of the needs of women affected by armed conflict and the adequacy of international law to respond to those needs.

Stresses that all forms of violence against women occur within the context of de jure and de facto discrimination against women and the lower status accorded to women in society and are exacerbated by the obstacles women often face in seeking remedies from the State

Stresses that all forms of violence against women occur within the context of de jure and de facto discrimination against women and the lower status accorded to women in society and are exacerbated by the obstacles women often face in seeking remedies from the State

Section 9 on Women's Rights, guarantees that women's rights are human rights (Article 45) and Articles 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 provide details regarding various rights of women.

Many Internet users now expressing their objections to the legislation are calling the law barbaric and a breach of women's rights.

Discriminations against women regarding their admission to the military academies are repealed. (law 2913 2001).

Even before the war, women were legally subordinate to men.

She wished to know whether, in practice, conducting a virginity test without the woman's consent was punishable by law.

Law No. 243 2004 on social benefits had been criticized for its negative impact on women.

The law does not require a Pakistani woman to lose her nationality if she marries a non Pakistani.