La société somalienne est une société fortement patrilinéale. En effet la femme en Somalie ne jouit d'aucun droit de propriété puisque seul l'homme de la famille en bénéficie, ce qui assure ainsi la dépendance de la femme vis-à-vis de son mari. De la même manière, certains titres et privilèges ...
La Shari'a tend à systématiquement discriminer la femme en Somalie à travers une multitude de lois touchant tous les domaines de la société. Il est par exemple autorisé la lapidation publique d'une femme accusée d'adultère, tandis qu'un homme peut en toute légalité épouser plusieurs femmes. Qui ...
Excision féminine en Somalie concerne 98% des filles et femmes de ce pays, d'après les informations de la Banque Mondiale. Cette pratique, qui consiste en l'ablation partielle ou totale de l'appareil génital extérieur féminin est considéré en Somalie comme moralement acceptable, voire justifié. ...
Female genital mutilation (FGM)concerns 98% of all girls or women in the country according to the World Bank. It is believed to be just or morally accepted to have a woman completely or partially removed of part of her genital organs, which will ensure her purity at the time of marriage and ...
The Shari'a Law is more often than not, heavily discriminatory toward women, allowing public stonings of women who have committed adultery for instance. What is more, if a woman is murdered, Sharia'a Law ensures that the perpetrator's family only has to pay half the sum they would have to pay if a ...
Somali society is also highly patrilineal. Indeed, women in the country have no rights to property or titles; the man of the family is the only person to have that right, which ensures that women cannot be independent and emancipate themselves. In addition, certain privileges and titles belong ...
Because women are considered inferior to men in all aspects and have to please their husbands by fulfilling their every request, slight resistance on their behalf could be heavily sanctioned. Also, with regards to sexual intercourse, women who refuse it are raped; even though intermarital rape is ...
Judicial and legal systems with regard to family matters have completely been replaced by customary practices and Sharia'a Law. Therefore, women are brought up solely to serve their husbands in child bearing, child upbringing and chores around the house. Additionally, teenage girls absolutely have ...