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Outrage erupted in the Gaza Strip after a judge issued a ruling banning unmarried women from traveling without the consent of a male guardian, yet a revised ruling doesn't go far enough, activists say.
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Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio It was signed by the head of the Sharia Supreme Judicial Council in the Strip, Hassan al-Jojo, who is also the president of the Sharia Supreme Court in the coastal enclave. The first section of the circular is considered relatively positive and is meant to prevent children from being forcibly removed from the care of their mothers. It prohibits the father from traveling with his children without their mother’s permission (when the children are of an age at which their mother is their guardian). The second section permits a divorced fa...
Human Rights Watch are now on the case. But naturally their condemnation of this cannot resist cheap shots at Israel.
Last Updated: 'Need Male's Permission': Gaza Court Bars Women To Travel Without Guardian’s Approval Under Gaza’a Sharia Judicial Council, a judge ruled that unmarried women were prohibited to travel unless permitted by a father or older male relative. In a controversial travel regulation, a Hamas Islamic court in Gaza on Tuesday stated that women require male’s permission to travel and any movement in and out of the territory would be deemed ‘illegal’ without a guardian’s approval. Under the Hamas de facto government in Gaza strip, women rights are ‘severely violated’ ...