Polygamy

Polygamy

5. Polygamy

Polygamy monogamy

Polygamy is forbidden .

However, society's attitudes towards polygamy had changed, and polygamy was now virtually non existent in Algeria.

(b) Polygamy shall not be permitted

Polygamy was permitted under certain conditions.

Polygamy is widely practiced in Kenya.

Turning to the issue of polygamy, she wished to know whether a woman could contract a form of marriage that excluded polygamy.

Bigamy and polygamy convictions by Republic of Tajikistan courts

The representative said that polygamy occurred under certain conditions.

Domestic legislation on polygamy was in conformity with the Covenant.

The Government intended to study the impact of polygamy on children.

Ms. Maiolo noted that polygamy was permitted under the Civil Code.

The amendments to the Family Code included new limitations on polygamy.

It is further reported that women agree to polygamy when they marry.

172. Concerning the quot limited framework quot regarding polygamy, the representative explained that Libyan legislation preferred monogamy and that polygamy was the exception to the rule and on the decrease.

The Government could only impose conditions on polygamy it did not encourage it.

Similarly, polygamy is frowned upon but on occasions, a man does marry two women.

Mr. ANDO asked how the Islamic laws on polygamy were interpreted by Yemeni society.

Also, widows continued to be forced to marry their brothers in law polygamy existed.

(4) The Committee welcomes the existence of legal sanctions against forced marriages and polygamy.

Similarly, 78 of Kurds rejected polygamy, compared to just 49 of both Shi ites and Sunnis.

Polygamy is a customary practice commonly accepted in Mozambique, even though it is legally prohibited.

Please indicate what measures are in place, or planned, to eliminate the practice of polygamy.

As no census had been taken, there were no data on polygamy in rural areas.

Ms. Tan, referring to polygamy, wanted to know whether the Government, as the only authority empowered to make changes, planned to bring the Civil Code in line with the articles of the Convention and to abolish polygamy.

321. Asked whether polygamy was accepted by Muslim people and whether there was a movement against it, the representative indicated that it was not generally accepted and there was a strong movement by women activists against polygamy.

The term can refer to any extended family, polyamorous or to a polygamy of any type.

He expressed concern that punishment for polygamy had been used against people who opposed the Government.

As awareness increased, polygamy became less prevalent and among young people especially the phenomenon was decreasing.

She wished to caution, however, that de facto polygamy was rife in societies that were nominally monogamous.

The representative said that, after the unification, the Government had had to rethink its policy on polygamy.

The status of cohabitation has also been prevalent due to the prohibition of polygamy in the Israeli law.

(24) The Committee regrets that even though the Criminal Code prohibits polygamy, the phenomenon persists, violating women's dignity.

Here, it should be pointed out that the system of polygamy was not established by Islam on the contrary, Islam very narrowly defines and restricts polygamy to addressing situations common to orphans who need of a father to take care of them.

Above all, it should develop a public education programme to counter cultural handicaps and stereotypes and practices like polygamy.

Other traditional and cultural barriers to women's equality, such as forced marriages, child marriages and polygamy, needed more attention.

Polygamy was absolutely illegal under the Criminal Code, and was subject to imprisonment of 6 months to 2 years.

Although it is commonly known that polygamy is decreasing, it is still being practiced, especially in the rural areas.

Polygamy is legal in the Jamahiriya under the provisions of Law No. 10 of 1984, concerning marriage and divorce.

Over 90 per cent of women were governed by either customary law or sharia law, both of which permitted polygamy.

Discourage, through the media and other means, customary laws and practices such as early marriage, polygamy, and female genital mutilation.

It is concerned, in particular, about the persistence of polygamy, apparently without even the possibility for women to enter into a form of marriage that precludes polygamy, and the existence of rules discriminating against women in matters of marriage, divorce, testimony and inheritance (arts. 3 and 26).