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In the month of August alone, India has banned instant divorce, Jordan and Lebanon have ended “marry-your-rapist” laws, Chile has lifted its total abortion ban and Nepal has outlawed menstrual discrimination.
A case currently before India’s Supreme Court is bringing renewed attention to triple talaq, which alllows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by simply writing or saying ‘I divorce you’ three times.
Rainy Octura Wente is only the second woman on Sumba Island in eastern Indonesia to file for a divorce, after suffering domestic abuse. Now, she works for the Sumba Foundation, organizing a school lunch program and educating children about domestic violence.
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