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Judged For Their Tattoos: Women In Russia's North Caucasus Face Uphill Battles In Custody Cases


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Having a tattoo or an unmarried sister or an Instagram account all of these things can count against women seeking custody of their children in Russia’s North Caucasus region, where local court decisions often reflect communities beliefs that children belong to the father s side of the family.
In Muslim-majority Chechnya and Ingushetia, and to a lesser extent, Daghestan, deep-seated customs dictate that children go to the father s side of family following a divorce. And while Russian federal law has demonstrated its preference for such children to stay with their mothers, city and district courts in the North Caucasus often go their own way in the name of tradition. ....

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