The U.N. Study has sections on; child marriage, consent to marriage,
dowries, practices connected to marriage, polygamy, abortion and control
of family planning and levirate (a woman's right to free consent.) In
consent to marriage the Study states, "Some traditional, temporary forms
of marriage (mut'a) are virtually forms of prostitution, while
recognition of a relationship (mysiar) may protect widows who remarry
from losing their children but may cloak polygamy, where it is
forbidden, or may evade dowry requirements, and in all cases leaves
women particularly vulnerable."
The organizations listed below address these and other issues on C.1. Marriage,
Divorce, Polygamy. Click on the title of an organization to view an abstract
of their work and how to contact them. Click on the news and research buttons
to check and see if there is additional information on C.1. Marriage,
Divorce, Polygamy.
Women's NGO'S
European
Women’s
Lobby (EWL)
Guild of Service
UN NGO Committee
on the Status of Women, Geneva
UN
NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York
Women's Environment
and Development Organization (WEDO)
WOMANKIND Worldwide
Human Rights NGO'S
Rights
and Democracy–Droits et Democratie
Human
Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR)
Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR)
UN
NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Geneva
UN
NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, New York
Religions & Associations
The Interreligious
Center on Public Life (ICPL)
Academic Institutions
Fatima
Seedat
Civil Society
Social Harmony and
Development Organization (SHADO)
Governments
Training
Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
The
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
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