Algerian president supports women’s rights bill - Khaleej Times

QUOTE. ALGIERS — Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday gave his support to a bill to improve women’s rights despite fierce opposition from religious parties. The reform of a 1984 law plans to ban men from divorcing their wives for no reason and give women access to financial support from their former husbands, an official statement said. It would scrap the need for women to ask permission from a male family member to marry. UNQUOTE.