Title: 7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world - The Washington Post
Headings: 7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world
7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world
Content: That’s the policy on legal testimony in Yemen, where a woman is not, to quote a 2005 Freedom House report, “recognized as a full person before the court.” In general, a single woman’s testimony isn’t taken seriously unless it’s backed by a man’s testimony or concerns a place or situation where a man would not be. And women can’t testify at all in cases of adultery, libel, theft or sodomy. Advertisement
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3. Saudi Arabia and Vatican City: Women can’t vote... still. This is amazingly the case in Saudi Arabia, though a royal decree, issued in 2011, will let women vote in Saudi elections in 2015. Vatican City is the only other country that allows men, but not women, to vote. 4. Ecuador: