Under the kingdom’s guardianship laws, Bethany Vierra cannot use her bank account, leave the country or travel with her daughter unless her ex-husband agrees.
Tag: Divorce, Separations and Annulments
Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show
Newly published correspondence gives Catherine Dickens’s account of a great Victorian scandal.
Times Insider: Hearing Divorce Cases on a Sidewalk in Niger, as Women Assert Their Power
The testimony I listened to — before a judge sitting on a sheepskin rug, as cars, motorbikes and sheep passed by — could have been aired by annoyed wives in courtrooms, or living rooms, anywhere in the world.
A Quiet Revolution: More Women Seek Divorces in Conservative West Africa
Frustrated by their husbands’ inability to earn a living, and in a society where basic views on relationships have changed, women are asserting more control over their marriages.