Bangladesh Government Abandons Women's Rights Policy


	Bangladesh Government Abandons Women's Rights Policy

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3-16-2008 12:20 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/974b9341-3f1c-4a29-8a3f-c521ca17ccb5/ED194984-519C-4C32-A29C-B36828945DB8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10876" href="http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10876" style="font-size: 11px;">www.feminist.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10876">The government of Bangladesh retreated from a policy that would have given women 
equal property rights. Last week, the military backed government introduced a 
policy that would give women equal rights to inherit property. However, 
<I>Agence France Presse</I> (<A 
href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iF4uD59f0kb07bWC8B-gSvrQV5UQ" 
target=_blank><I>AFP</I></A>) reports that Muslim clerics protested the policy, 
claiming it violates sharia law</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10876">Bangladesh's population is 90 percent Muslim, but its legal system is largely 
secular. Women's rights groups drew attention to the disparities in the law’s 
treatment of men and women over the weekend in honor of International Women's 
Day, according to the <A 
href="http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200803092964/country/equal-share-of-inherited-property-demanded.html" 
target=_blank><I>Independent Bangladesh</I></A>. As well as fighting for equal 
rights to property, women called for setting aside a third of parliamentary 
seats for women in the National Women Development Policy 2008. The policy has 
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