Irak, 11 ans. - Sans transition

Warda Mohamed 26/03/2014

Irak - Mariage des filles avant 9 ans, viol conjugal autorisé : « La loi sur le statut personnel Jaafari ramènerait les Irakiennes des décennies en arrière » explique Isobel Coleman - Foreign Affairs

Isobel Coleman | How the Jaafari Personal Status Law Could Set Iraqi Women Back Decades | Foreign Affairs

▻http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141065/isobel-coleman/status-anxiety

Iraq’s existing personal status law dates to 1959. It includes several progressive provisions loosely based on various schools of Islamic law. It sets the marriage age at 18 for both boys and girls; prohibits arbitrary divorce; significantly restricts polygamy (including by requiring a judge’s permission and proof that the husband can treat both wives equally); and guarantees equal inheritance for men and women. Together, these provisions marked a considerable legal step forward for Iraqi women who went on to make notable educational, economic, and political strides under the secular Baathists. Religious leaders, however, resented the code from the outset because it forced religious conformity. Shia leaders, in particular, viewed it as yet another example of Sunni oppression.
Soon after Saddam Hussein, a Baathist, was overthrown in March 2003, Shia leaders moved to try to annul the personal status law. Attempting an end-run around the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which was headed by L. Paul Bremer at the time, a group of conservative Shia leaders attempted to slip onto the books a clause known as Resolution 137.

Rappel : ▻http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1326238-irak-polemique-autour-d-un-projet-qui-pourrait-legaliser-le-mariag

►http://sanstransition.tumblr.com/post/80190336530/irak-11-ans

#femmes #droits #Irak #violences #égalité

Warda Mohamed