WUNRN
Commissioned by Office of the UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights
Women's Rights & Gender Unit
Consultant: Dr. Fareda Banda
March 2008
Direct Link to Full 167-Page Report:
Laws That Discriminate
Against Women
Examples of Contents:
D. Laws That Discriminate
Against Women
*Age of Marriage
*Nationality/Citizen Discrimination
*Obedience Laws -
Husband's Marital Power
*Non-Consensual
Sex in Marriage
*Crimes in the
Name of "Honour"
*Polygyny
*Grounds for
Divorce & Post Divorce
Property Settlement
*Succession
and Inheritance
*Maternity Policy
- Hampering Women's Ability
to Participate in the Labour Market
*Entitlement to
Pension and Other Benefits
E. Is There Need for a Special
Rapporteur on
Laws That Discriminate Against Women?
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