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POPS Marry or lose job, says Iran firm In the same vein, the governor of the eastern province of North Khorasan ruled recently that only married people would be hired for official posts in the region :rolleyes:
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POPSSinglism and Matrimania I've noticed this, but wasn't aware there was a name to it.....interesting article; the author points out a few instances too
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POPS New marriage law proposed for Muslim women in India Controversial points of new nikahnama --Triple talaq said in one go will not be acceptable --Talaq to be spaced out over a period of 3 months --Talaq not be allowed via phone or SMS --New Nikahnama insists on free will for the girl in case of nikah --Talaq cannot be given under the influence of alcohol --Talaq given to pregnant woman should be considered illegal
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POPSCelebrity tryst may change Korean adultery law "The adultery law ... has degenerated into a means of revenge by the spouse, rather than a means of saving a marriage," the petition said South Korea passed the adultery law in 1953 to protect women. In its male-dominated society, women had little recourse against a husband who had an affair. Back then if a wife walked out of a marriage, she would often end up alone and penniless Today, it is rare for people to be jailed but that has not stopped several thousand angry spouses from filing criminal complaints each year Referring to the current divorce law, the petition said: "There has been no evidence of its contribution to protecting women, and its validity is questionable with the elevation of women's social and economic status."
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POPSIrani Minister backs brief marriages to curb illicit sex Sunni Muslims say it is illegal and akin to prostitution, but some Shiites scholars say it reflects the reality of human nature and provides for the rights and responsibilities of both the man and the woman Sixty per cent of Iran's population is under 30 years of age and the average age of marriage has risen to 30 for men and 26 for women, according to unofficial estimates
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POPSWomen Primarily Contract HIV from Their Husbands, Study Finds Studies conducted in Nigeria and New Guinea found that "looking for girls" -- even among married men -- is a socially ingrained phenomenon rooted in cultural anxieties about masculinity, and that it aggravates the existing risk of HIV transmission. "The result is that women are infected by their husbands...according to social convention...the only people with whom they are ever supposed to have sex," writes Dr. Hirsch. Similar studies underway in Uganda and Vietnam are expected to produce comparable results. The study suggests reframing HIV prevention dialogue within the context of these socially sanctioned behaviors: In cultures where men's reputations are of the highest social importance, Hirsch recommends teaching men that it is their responsibility to protect their wives from infection.
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POPS Haryana's sex ratio changes drastically This is excellent news... 'Successive state governments have taken various measures. Besides coming down heavily on private clinics doing sex determination tests that was attributed to the rising incidents of female foeticide, the state administration announced monetary incentives to parents giving birth to girl child, free education and government help in the form of cash at the time of their marriage.'
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POPSChild Marriage A very good resource on the worldwide prevalence of child marriage. Source also has a section containing stories of young girls who went through this....
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POPSA Gender Jihad For Islam's Future We are wrestling with laws created in the name of Islam by men, specifically eight men. The Muslim world of the 21st century is largely defined by eight madhhabs , or Islamic schools of jurisprudence, with narrow rulings on everything from criminal law to family law: the Shafi, Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali schools in the majority Sunni sect; the Jafari and Zaydi schools, for the minority Shiite sect; and the Ibadi and Thahiri schools among other Muslims.
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POPSPakistani babies left by the roadside Of the children who are abandoned, or those who run away from home to escape grinding poverty, it is only a very small number like Zeenat who find love, shelter and comfort elsewhere. For others, life remains grim and there is no evidence the number of such abandoned children is on the decline, with more landing up in streets or in cradles with each passing day in the absence of governmental strategies to address the matter effectively and swiftly.
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POPS 'Honour' killing of teen spurs outcry in Syria The family then asked one of Zahra's cousins to marry her, which according to tradition would restore honour to the family. Her family and the family of her soon-to-be-husband all came to the shelter to formalise her marriage, and her father signed a sworn statement guaranteeing that neither he nor anyone in the family would harm Zahra. Zahra moved into her new husband's home in Damascus. But one month later, her brother came to visit. On the morning of his third day with them, when Zahra's husband went to work and Zahra slept in, Fayez stabbed his sister to death.
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POPS'Adults are denied the right to marry by choice' "Although such traditions seem to have moved out of urban towns and cities, the strictly rural areas, or far flung places where the enforcement of law and police is no more than a joke - where police officials themselves bow their heads in front of the potent wadero (chieftain of a rural tribe) - the tradition of honour killing is still on the rise and little concern, if any at all, has been shown by the governments of Pakistan on the issue."
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POPSMore rights for Pakistani women
Women's rights in Pakistan will not be realised until particular Islamic laws and codes are scrapped. This include laws allowing the marriage of girls under sixteen, making a women's testimony equal to half of a man's, excluding female testimony in Hudood cases, and allowing family members to kill women in the name of honour without any fear of criminal penalty. Pakistan may look from outside very progressive in terms of women's rights, especially when one remembers Benazir Bhutto, something not even the United States has managed to accomplish. It is true that women are guaranteed one-third of the seats in national and local-level assemblies and are represented in the cabinet. It is also true that their participation in the labour force is remarkably large with many women holding university degrees and occupying high posts in both public and private institutions, including the army. But this only applies to urban centres, where literacy rates are high and the economy is booming.
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POPSdid 'jus primae noctis' actually exist? This figured in the movie Braveheart, and I know I have seen other references to it. I'm not saying the big shots didn't take advantage, but I have a hard time believing this was a generally accepted custom, much less a law
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