Law reform

WLUML is participating in this conference on 12 January 2006, which will feature national and international experts on key areas of women’s rights, immigration law and domestic violence.
Divorce and other family law matters in Ontario will no longer be settled through sharia or any other faith-based system under legislation proposed yesterday.
Women rights activists are about to launch an aggressive campaign in support of the proposed Family Law that has faced rejection from religious scholars because it lacks the Shari'a laws.
The campaign, which was launched in July, is being held under the slogan My Nationality is My Right and that of My Children and is part of a regional push.
A human rights activist has called for the enactment of distinct family status laws for Bahrain's various religious groups.
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