Polygamy

Polygamy is forbidden .

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Above all, it should develop a public education programme to counter cultural handicaps and stereotypes and practices like polygamy.

Domestic legislation on polygamy was in conformity with the Covenant.

This was a major source of conflict between the early LDS Church and the United States until the Church amended its position on practicing polygamy.

Although the report said that polygamy was a sensitive issue, she wondered what specific steps the Government was willing to take to comply with article 16.

These indicate a mating system known as scramble competition polygyny, where males cannot defend females or the resources that might attract them.

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.

He wondered whether punishment was the most effective method of eliminating polygamy and forced marriages, and asked whether the Government was considering any other measures to address those issues.

Similarly, polygamy is frowned upon but on occasions, a man does marry two women.

That could be interpreted as a prohibition of polygamy, since no man could be sure that he would always treat his wives equally.

Recent data provided by the Israeli Police reveals very low numbers of polygamy cases  10 in 2003 and 15 in 2004.

According to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, polygamy is common in many parts of Cambodia (E CN.4 2003 75 Add.1, para. 951).

Although a woman must be informed in the event that her husband intended to take a second wife, that information was useless unless she had the right to object to a polygamous marriage.

The Decree strictly prohibits polygamy, the customs of exacting wedding presents, wife robbery and string binding (i.e. widows and widowers are forced to get married with other members of their deceased spouse's family).

Ms. Ngoma (Gabon), referring to the practice of polygamy, acknowledged that it might be difficult to convince the Committee's experts that women in Gabon did indeed have the right to choose and to have recourse to the judicial system.

It should be stated, above all, that this law does not allow for polygamy, and the women have been given the right to decide, just like men, whether they would get married, when and to whom they would get married.

Islam, for example, has historically permitted certain forms of polygamy, but no liberal society is obliged to extend religious freedom in ways that undermine its commitment to gender equality.

He also requested more information on how the practice of polygamy could be justified (question 5), including on religious grounds that issue was related to the need to combat cultural and societal attitudes which promoted discrimination against women.

While the Civil Code allowed polygamy with the consent of both the man and woman, women could now approach the Constitutional Court regarding article 2 of the Constitution and challenge the constitutionality of a specific law in a given context.

Ms. Hounkpe Ahougbenou (Benin) said that she agreed with Ms. Belmihoub Zerdani that it would be difficult for rural women to move from an unmarried polygamous setting to the new type of marriage under the new Code.

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the spouse's inability to carry out her responsibility as wife 2). she suffers a physical disability or falls victim to an incurable disease or 3).

Former Prime Minister Michel Rocard did not mince words about Sarkozy s recent proposals to strip foreign born French nationals of their citizenship if convicted of threatening the life of a police officer, practicing polygamy, or female circumcision.

The wives and children joined them upon departure.

She would welcome information on unsafe abortions and whether their numbers were being monitored. Likewise, could information be provided on the high rates of HIV AIDS and infections from sexually transmitted diseases, and was it the case that such infections were spreading because of polygamy, promiscuity and low contraceptive use?