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Bangladesh bans women working as marriage registrars because they menstruate
The ruling will deepen inequality for women who are often seen as impure when they have their period, campaigners warn
Women face taboos and stigma over menstruation in Bangladesh
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Women s rights organisations in Bangladesh have reacted with anger after women were banned from working as marriage registrars because they menstruate.
Details have only just emerged of the High Court ruling, made last February, which cited “certain physical conditions” that women experience “during a certain time of the month” that disqualify them from becoming Nikah (Muslim marriage) registrars.
As conversations rage on about a recently-released High Court verdict which banned women from being Muslim marriage registrars, it is imperative to remember that it was a woman a marriage registrar candidate who had challenged the patriarchy. In 2012, Ayesha Siddiqua saw a circular asking for marriage registrars for Phulbari municipality in Dinajpur district. The then
Women can t be marriage registrars : 21 eminent citizens express disappointment in HC verdict
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Twenty-one eminent citizens of the country have expressed their disappointment over the High Court s verdict that said women cannot become Nikah (Muslim marriage) registrars due to certain physical conditions and social as well as practical situations of the country. Recently, the High Court gave a verdict where it said women cannot be Muslim marriage registrars. This verdict has shocked and offended us, a statement signed by the 21 said today.
It said that women carry out all kinds of work during menstruation and that in Islam it wasn t obligatory to perform marriage ceremonies at mosques.