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Women's rights in Mali

27 August 2009, 11:48

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8223966.stm

Law granting women more rights is rejected. I love this bit though:

Hadja Safiatou Dembele, president of the National Union of Muslim Women's Associations (NUMWA), says the Koran is clear that a wife has the obligation to listen to her husband.

"A man must protect his wife. A wife must obey her husband," she says.

"It's a tiny minority of woman here who want this new law; the intellectuals. The poor and illiterate women of this country, the real Muslims, are against it."

Which implies that real Muslim women are poor and illiterate.
Nice one Dembele.

Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!
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27 August 2009, 12:32

Quite.

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28 August 2009, 07:09

Definitely!

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28 August 2009, 07:25

Indeed.
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28 August 2009, 07:27

For sure.

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28 August 2009, 09:28

Rather!
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28 August 2009, 09:54

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28 August 2009, 10:07

I am quite comfortable with wimmen having rights:

::: just as long as my shirt is ironed and the housework is done!!!

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#9

28 August 2009, 11:12

Originally posted by daviejones View Post

I am quite comfortable with wimmen having rights:

Starting with: you have the right to remain silent. Please.

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#10

28 August 2009, 12:28

It all started going downhill with women given voting rights
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