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April 4, 2011

Malta Urged to ‘Introduce and Vigorously Support’ Divorce Legislation

by Annaliza Borg, Malta Independent, Malta - The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has urged Malta “to introduce and support vigorously legislation which permits divorce, allows women to remarry after divorce and grants women and men the same rights to administer property during marriage and equal rights to property on divorce…”

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