Paraguay – Penal Code
November 4, 2021
Article 137 of the Paraguay Penal Code provides a lower penalty for sexual offences against adolescent girls between the ages...
Iraq – Penal Code No. 111 of 1969
November 4, 2021
Article 41 of the Iraqi Penal Code No. 111 of 1969 gives a husband a legal right to punish his wife within certain limits pre...
Egypt – Penal Code No. 58 of 1937
November 4, 2021
Article 237 of Egypt’s Penal Code No. 58 allows for a lesser punishment for men who kill their wives on discovering them in...
Northern Nigeria – The Penal Code
November 4, 2021
Section 55(1)(d) of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria provides that an assault by a man on a woman is not an offense if they...
Oman – Personal Status Law, 1997
November 4, 2021
Articles 11 and 134 of Oman’s Personal Status Law of 1997 restrict the right of the child’s custodian (normally the mothe...
Kuwait – Law no. 16 of 1960 promulgating the Penal Code
November 4, 2021
Article 182 of Kuwait’s Law no. 16 of 1960 promulgating the Penal Code allows an abductor to escape punishment if he marrie...
Zambia – The Marriage Act
November 4, 2021
When young girls are forced to marry, they face potentially lifelong harmful consequences. They are essentially subject to st...
United States – Mississippi Code 1972
November 4, 2021
Section 93 of the Mississippi Code 1972 allows girls as young as 15 years old to be married with parental consent, while proh...
Brazil – Law No. 8213 of 24 July 1991 providing for the Social Security Benefit Plans and other measures
November 3, 2021
Article 51 of Brazil’s Law No. 8213 of 24 July 1991 providing for the Social Security Benefit Plans and other measures has ...
Tunisia – Personal Status Code of 1956
November 3, 2021
Section 103 of Tunisia’s Personal Status Code limits daughters’ inheritance rights and provides that any sons inherit twi...
Chile – The Civil Code
November 3, 2021
Article 1749 of Chile’s Civil Code establishes the legal presumption that husbands head the household and control marital p...
Cameroon – The Civil Status Registration (Ordinance No. 81-02 of 29 June 1981)
November 3, 2021
Article 74 of Cameroon’s Civil Status Registration provides that a husband may object to his wife’s exercise of a trade d...