" ... written by Nayla Geagea and Lama Fakih, Syria and Lebanon researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division. Youmna Makhlouf contributed to the writing."--Page 115. "January 2015"--Contents page. "This 114-page report found that, across all religions, personal status laws erect greater barriers for women than men who wish to terminate unhappy or abusive marriages, initiate divorce proceedings, ensure their rights concerning their children after divorce, or secure pecuniary rights from a former spouse. The laws also violate children's rights, most significantly the need to consider their best interests in all judicial decisions concerning their welfare."--Publisher's website as viewed March 10, 2015. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Glossary -- Summary -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background: multiple personal status laws -- II. Religious courts: lack of oversight and inadequate judicial training -- III. Unequal divorce laws -- IV. Unequal maternal custody-paternal guardianship -- V. Women's vulnerable eonomic position, lack of protection from domestic violence -- VI. International human rights obligationa -- Acknowledgements.
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