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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