New divorce rule gives UAE women big boost Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 66.94.237.37 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-Yahoo-Post-IP: 62.203.51.95 From: "ayeye1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Yahoo-Profile: ayeye1 Sender: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com List-Id: <wanita-muslimah.yahoogroups.com> Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:40:03 -0000 Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Reply-To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/NationNF.asp?ArticleID=172919 New divorce rule gives UAE women big boost By Daniel Bardsley, Staff Reporter Dubai: Rules giving women the right to end their marriage could be introduced in many Gulf states following their introduction in the UAE, specialists said. UAE national academics have described the decision by the UAE to allow wives to divorce their husbands after petitioning the Sharia Court as a landmark for women's rights in the Arab world. *** "I would be happy if the new divorce rules were followed by other changes to the law relating to women's rights." Endocrinologist Dr Fatma Al Marashi Founder of the National Diabetes Control Committee *** Until the UAE's decision, Tunisia and Egypt were the only other states in the Middle East and North Africa with similar rules. The right known as Khulo' is enshrined in a draft Personal Status Law, approved by the Cabinet on Monday. The law enables women to end unhappy marriages more easily after paying a compensation or the dowry to the husbands. The draft law contains 363 articles and is divided into five chapters on marriage, legal competence, guardianship, will, inheritance and endowment. Sociologist Dr Rima Al Sabban, who specialises in women's issues, described the new piece of legislation as "revolutionary". "This puts the UAE as number three in the Arab world at taking such a decision in support of women's rights. "It's something very, very important. Even though this right is given by Islam to all women, it's not practised. "It gives women in the UAE a big boost and gives hope that eventually these changes will take place everywhere in the Arab world," she said. *** "A woman gains her freedom, but she loses financially ... However, it gives a chance for women to leave a life they don't want instead of being kept prisoner." Dr Ebtisam Al Kitbi Assistant professor of political science at UAE University in Al Ain *** Al Sabban said the news would encourage other Gulf states to enact similar legislation and help women's groups to press for change in those countries. "If three Arab countries take this action, it's time for all Arab countries to do so because these are rights given by Islam and there is no excuse not to implement them," she added. Dr Fatma Al Sayegh, professor of UAE and Gulf history at the UAE University in Al Ain, took the same view. "This is an improvement to local law and we hope that other countries will follow suit," she said. Endocrinologist Dr Fatma Al Marashi, founder of the National Diabetes Control Committee, said she would be happy if the new divorce rules were followed by other changes to the law relating to women's rights. There is a downside to a woman securing a divorce from her husband, according to Dr Ebtisam Al Kitbi, assistant professor of political science at UAE University in Al Ain. "A woman gains her freedom, but she loses financially she has to leave behind all her rights related to financial matters. "However, it gives a chance for women to leave a life they don't want instead of being kept prisoner." Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment .... Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
