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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. ....

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