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Gabon: [9] Both men and women can join in polygamous marriage with the other gender under Gabonese law. In practice, the right to multiple spouses is reserved for men only. [10] The Gambia [11] Guinea [12] Guinea-Bissau; Libya [13] [14] [15] Kenya: Polygamy legal under legislation passed in 2014. [16] Mali [17] Mauritania [18] Morocco [19]
The bill outlawed polygamy, provided women with legal recourse against husbands that conducted adultery or bigamy, and contained a number of other provisions that protected women and girls. [2] [4] [8] According to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame, which inducted Fozdar in 2014, her activism was instrumental in the Charter's passage. [8]
Mapuche polygamy has no legal recognition in Chile. [119] This puts women who are not legally married to their husband at disadvantage to any legal wife in terms of securing inheritance. [ 119 ] It is thought that present-day polygamy is much less common than it once was, in particularly compared with the time before the Occupation of ...
The matrimonial law of Singapore categorises marriages contracted in Singapore into two categories: civil marriages and Muslim marriages. The Registry of Marriage (ROM) administers civil marriages in accordance to the Women's Charter, while the Registry of Muslim Marriages (ROMM) administers Muslim marriages in accordance to the Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA).
The Women's Charter 1961 is an Act of the Singaporean Parliament passed in 1961. The Act was designed to improve and protect the rights of women in Singapore and to guarantee greater legal equality for women in legally sanctioned relationships (except in the area of Muslims marriages, which are governed separately by the Administration of Muslim Law Act).
The Supreme Court in 2017 found the Islamic instant divorce unconstitutional, but the order did not ban polygamy or some other practices that critics say violate equal rights for women.
Social polygamy occurs when an individual has multiple partners that they live with, have sex with, and cooperate with in acquiring basic resources (such as shelter, food and money). Sexual polygamy refers to individuals who have more than one sexual partner or who have sex partners outside of a primary relationship.
Saudi Arabia: Bigamy or polygamy is legal for men with some restrictions, but has become less common in the late 1900s and early 2000s; see Polygamy in Saudi Arabia; Somalia: Polygamy is legal for men at marriage courts; long-standing tradition. South Africa: Legal for men under the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 for customary ...