Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 45
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
The second process is the transition from patriarchal religious family law to a secular family law system that provides for gender equality in the family. Several States where family law was based on patriarchal religious codes have introduced equality for women in the family by revoking religious laws and regulating family affairs under secular codes. In many European countries, family law was based on religious, primarily Christian, laws, and all marriages were thus placed under religious jurisdiction. At the end of the nineteenth century, all matters relating to family were placed under the secular jurisdiction of the State, thereby removing the religious hegemony in this area.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Personnes concernées
Families
Women
Année
2015
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 45.