How about after twenty years of marriage, 5 kids, and having been abused for
most of that marriage, the Cadi(?) court rejecting a woman's petition for a
divorce.  It took 9 months for this woman who had no means of earning a
living being made to journey to the courts, for 9 damn months, before she
was granted a divorce.  Do any of you know why proceedings in the Cadi
courts are closed to the public?  The shenanigans and the corruption in that
court need to be exposed.

Soffie

-----Original Message-----
From: Jabou Joh [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 2:13 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Question/Habibi/Jabou/Ya Fatou/Ndey


In a message dated 2/29/04 5:46:03 AM Central Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> Well as Jabou said, it is fine if the women accept. We can still ask:  Is
> it a matter of accepting it or not having the choice to say no.

Ndey,

My guess is that given the choice, most women would say no. This is why I
also pointed out that Islam does permit such a pre-nuptual agreement that
the
husband will not marry another wife, but this is not ever mentioned in
Gambia,
and won't be unless it becomes the law of the land like it is in Senegal.
There are also other isues Ndey. For example, I am quite disturbed by the
fact that in Gambia for example, a woman can be divorced by her husband and
be
literally turned out into the street without having any laws to protect her
as
far as her rights to shares of any property. If I am wrong, someone please
correct me. I think it si also the same as far as child support and alimony.
Although most men in our society  will take care of their kids (and i do not
know
what the statistics are on this or even if anyone has looked at this), there
are still some people who do not.

Jabou

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