The Arab State and Women's Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance by Elham Manea

Author:Elham Manea [Manea, Elham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Public Policy, Social Science, Political Science, Women's Studies, Regional Studies, General
ISBN: 9781136663109
Google: CYNk1YpTQ_wC
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Table 7.2 Selected elements of Family Laws of YAR (North Yemen) and the YR (Unified Yemen)

Issue

YAR Family Law (1978)

North Yemen Law

Family Law No. 20, 1992

Marriage

Marriage is a union between the couple by a legal charter; it gives the man legal permission to access the woman, and together they establish a family based on good companionship. (Article 1)

Same text, Article 6

Matrimonial Guardianship

Male guardianship is required for the marriage to be contracted. The guardian is respectively the woman’s father, son, brothers, their sons, uncles, their sons, uncles of the father, their sons ... (Article 12)

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