Women and Law in Zimbabwe presented at ZIM NORAD Women and Law Workshop for senior civil servants 1992

Women and the law

Rights in Central America Institute for Women, Law and

7.5 Women in Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

The same law applies to women.

Formulation of a draft Law on Anti Trafficking in women and children.

There is no concept of discrimination against women in prevailing national law.

Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD)

Moreover, customary law denies justice to women.

Article 9 nationality law and aliens law This section is mainly concerned with aliens policy in relation to women.

The laws and regulations accord Jordanian women their rights and make no distinction between men and women in law.

The changes made in that law have helped to improve the legal status of Panamanian women, particularly married women.

Chairperson, Kenya Women Judges Association, which is responsible for training judicial officers in international humanitarian law and human rights law.

The Act establishes a fund for assisting women in conflict with the law.

8. Under Islamic law, women enjoyed equal rights in matters relating to inheritance.

The constitutional developments embodied in the law protecting women heads of household and the law establishing preferential treatment for women workers in respect of the age of receipt of the old age pension.

Papers were presented on an All India Women apos s Conference project on the theme quot Women in AIDS quot and quot Women and Law in India quot .

Before approaching other areas of Law in which women are discriminated, there is a need to analyze the situation of married women, because the existing Law does not contemplate this.

Equality of men and women before the law

In case of single women, the widowed and divorced, the law is complied with.

There is no law on the subject of unpaid women working in family enterprises.

For example, in some regions customary law denies women the right to access land.

Home care is normally given by women mothers, wives, daughters and daughters in law.

For example, a landmark law against organized crime entitled the Combating Organized Crime Law, 5763 2003 ( Combating Organized Crime Law ), classifies trafficking in women as a felony.

In accordance with the Constitutional Law, women must not suffer from a discriminatory treatment in Mozambique.

In the Shadow of the Law Women and Justice Delivery in Zimbabwe WLSA research report 2000

The Network claimed that the nominations were not in accordance with the Equal Rights for Women Law and the Civil Service Law.

13.1 Equality of men and women before the law

There should be a law forbidding women to smoke.

Since according to customary law men are superior to women, there can be no equality between men and women in any circumstances.

In Austria, the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Women apos s Issues held a public enquiry on women and the law in 1993.

In 2001 the Faculty of Law produced 14 graduates (masters), eight of whom were women.

In the Niger, the legal capacity of both men and women is recognized by law.

473. The equality of women with men before the law has been recognized in Peru.

In 1996 a law had been promulgated protecting women apos s rights to land ownership.

Women have the same political rights as men both under the Constitution and in law.

The Committee regrets the persistence of inequality between men and women in law and in practice in Cyprus.

Other courses and activities in humanitarian law, focusing on women in armed conflict, are also being planned.

Changes in family law have established additional protection for women against economic discrimination in cases of divorce.

Law No. 39 of 1999 on Human Rights, Article 1 (3) acknowledges equal rights between men and women in law and civic life.

In accordance with the Local Authorities Law (Advisor on the Status of Women), 5760 2000 ( Local Authorities Law (Advisor on the Status of Women) ), as of January 2005, there were 68 advisors in city councils and 43 in local municipalities.

12.75 of law firms and offices were run by women.

There is however no law specifically prohibiting discrimination against women.

Chapter 13 Equality of men and women before the law

Support for women heads of household (Law 82 of 1993).