Women’s Unequal Access to Divorce in Egypt
This 62-page report documents serious human rights abuses stemming from discriminatory family laws that have resulted in a divorce system that affords separate and unequal treatment to men and women.
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ISBN: E1608
ISBN: E1608
- Divorced from Justice:
- I. SUMMARY
- II. BACKGROUND
- III. OVERVIEW OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE LAWS IN EGYPT
- IV. THE PAINS AND PERILS OF AN UNEQUAL DIVORCE SYSTEM
- V. DISCRIMINATORY CONSEQUENCES OF UNEQUAL DIVORCE
- VI. CONDEMNING WOMEN TO A LIFE OF VIOLENCE
- VII. INADEQUATE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
- VIII. EGYPT'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
- IX. CONCLUSION
- X. RECOMMENDATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
