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While divorce is a civil matter in Canadian law, lobbying from Jewish women's groups such as the Canadian Coalition of Jewish Women for the Gett [43] served to highlight the problem of agunah in Canada, and the connected problem of obtaining a get in the Jewish rabbinical courts. The Act was amended in 1990 to provide that: [44]
Women’s rights groups count no-fault divorce law as a way to make marriage — an institution that has long provided the most material benefit for the husband — more equitable for women.
And states determine their own divorce laws, so national leaders can’t change policy. “Even in some of the so-called red states, it hasn’t gotten anywhere,” said Beverly Willett, co-chair of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, whose group has unsuccessfully attempted to convince states to repeal their no-fault divorce laws.
And states determine their own divorce laws, so national leaders can’t change policy. “Even in some of the so-called red states, it hasn’t gotten anywhere,” said Beverly Willett, co-chair of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, whose group has unsuccessfully attempted to convince states to repeal their no-fault divorce laws.
Belgium: The university of Brussels open to women. [112] Canada: Universities open to women. [citation needed] Denmark: Married women granted the right to control their own income. [122] France: Universities open to women. [9] France: Free public secondary education to women. [123] France: Public teachers training schools open to women. [123]
In Canada, family law is primarily statute-based. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce under section 91(26) of the Constitution Act, 1867. The main piece of federal legislation governing the issues arising upon married spouses’ separation and the requirements for divorce is the Divorce Act.
It was hearing from a few select women that after they wrote it, they felt better. That some of the trauma left their body. Writing made them brave. The larger mission. Women’s voices are not heard.
The group expanded into other states, changing its name to Divorce Reform in 1961. [74] With the increase in divorce rates in the 1960s and 1970s, more local grassroots men's organization grew up devoted to divorce reform, [74] and by the 1980s, there were a total of more than 200 fathers' rights groups active in almost every state. [75]