Elles ont animé hier, au siège du journal Alger Républicain, une conférence de presse pour réaffirmer leur position vis-à-vis du code de la famille dont elles demandent l'abrogation pure et simple.
The Collective 20 ans Barakat - 20 Years Is Enough brings together several women’s organisations in France and serves as a networking point for Algerian women fighting against the 1984 Family Code.
Le collectif 20 ans Barakat regroupe plusieurs associations féministes en France et sert de relais aux associations de femmes algériennes qui luttent contre le code de la famille.
Jurisprudence in Canada took a hit in December when former Attorney General Marion Boyd released her long-awaited report on the permissibility of Sharia law under the Arbitration Act of the Province of Ontario.
In January last year, the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council incurred the wrath of Iraqi women by ordering that Islamic law, or sharia, replace the civil code that had governed family and divorce law since the 1950s.
A coalition of Shia religious parties has won the Iraq election, taking almost half the votes and raising the spectre of Islamic law finding its way into the country's new constitution.
Based on its preliminary analysis, the Canadian Council of Muslim Women is deeply concerned about the recommendations contained in Marion Boyd’s report, Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion.
