Lack of recognition of indigenous traditional customs and institutions

In Nicaragua a woman is not required to take the surname of her husband that is a voluntary act based more on social custom than on compliance with any law.

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(e) To condemn violence against women and girls and not to invoke custom, tradition or practices in the name of religion or culture to avoid their obligations to eliminate such violence

In response to the question concerning the definition of custom killings and honour killings in the new Penal Code, the term custom killings implied, first and foremost, honour killings, while honour killings were always linked to a custom.