Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would think you were in Riyadh. Years from now, perhaps we can lose the equality part, the same-sex part and call it what it is - marriage.
The foolish and cruel notion that a wife is to obey her husband has sent more women to the grave than to the courts for a divorce.
Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.
A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.
You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.
A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
Divorce can be tough when the woman is the breadwinner. But the Lord can make the dark light.
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.