January 27

Women In Power And Decision-Making. UNIFEM

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The United Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a month-long online discussion on Women in Power and Decision-Making. Dedicated to the fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), as well as outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000), these discussion will be a contribution to the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women to take place 1-12 March 2010.               UN Pulse Permanent Link: Women in Power and Decision-Making
January 15

SOUTH AFRICA’S COURTS AND MUSLIM MARRIAGES/ Waheeda Amien

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Muslim marriages have no legal recognition in South Africa, writes Waheeda Amien, but the use of written marriage contracts  'the terms of which are enforceable in a secular court' offers a form of protection for parties, both within marriage and upon divorce.

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