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Bahrain: Women in protest for equality
 WOMEN will gather outside the Justice Ministry today in a show of solidarity against discrimination. They will also call for the dismissal of the General Prosecutor. The demonstration is being organised by the Women Petition Committee in co-ordination with human rights and civil society groups. It starts at 10am.Committee president Ghada Jamsheer said that women were often discriminated against when their cases were dealt with by either the General Prosecution or Sharia courts. "There are many women who have been affected because of this and many are living miserably because of these biased decisions," she said. "We will also call for the removal of a Sharia judge, whose decisions have been always against women and has a long history in controversial decisions, which were in favour of men, rather than being fair." Ms Jamsheer said that a petition would be signed and sent to His Majesty King Hamad with a list of wishes women hope to be granted. They include the urgent establishment of the Personal Law (family law) and stop Sharia judges from issuing official marriage certificates at home. They say these should be issued by a special office at the ministry, open 24-hours-a-day. Posted by: Fred 2005-02-05 |
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