Essays about: "Polygamous marriages"

Found 4 essays containing the words Polygamous marriages.

  1. 1. The Legal Framework Regulating Polygamy in Ethiopia: An Assessment In Light of Liberal Feminist Legal Theory and International Human Rights Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Dureti Fulas; [2018]
    Keywords : Polygamy; Ethiopia s legal framework; International Human Rights standards; Liberal feminist legal perspective; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the Ethiopian laws governing polygamy in light of international human rights law standards and liberal feminist legal perspective. The international human rights law regime calls for the abolishment of polygamy through general comments/recommendations issued by the CEDAW and ICCPR treaty bodies. READ MORE

  3. 2. Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Christine Lothe Nordvik; [2017-06-28]
    Keywords : Polygamous marriages; Universalism; Cultural Relativism; Human Rights;

    Abstract : This two-case study “Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?” focuses on whether polygamous marriages can be considered a human rights violation in line with Universalism and the violation of women’s rights, or a human rights realization in line with Cultural Relativism and cultural and religious rights, in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania. The research consists of two components. READ MORE

  4. 3. The legal status of polygamy in England and Germany - a comparison - Domicile v. Nationality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Michelle Rinaldo Iversen; [2017]
    Keywords : Private international law; comparative law; family law; polygamy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Polygamy is a marriage institution that is practiced in many parts of the world. In most western countries polygamy is prohibited and the legal systems are based on the principle of monogamy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Land, Life and Women’s lack of Power - A field study based on two divorced women in Bwiam, Gambia.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Filippa Wickenberg; [2014]
    Keywords : traditional societies; women and poverty; land access; traditional farming; rural household; female-headed household; farming division of labour; female farming; Gambia; Bwiam; polygamous marriages; customary land laws; human ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This is a fieldwork following the daily life during two months of two divorced women in the village Bwiam, Gambia. It is a study focusing on females in a patriarchal society and how they are bound by the social structures to be married, often into polygamous households, how they farm the land by traditional methods, learnt over generations, to support their families and how they sell their produce at the market. READ MORE