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Follow on Google News | Shalish (Mediation) for Rural BangladeshBy: World Mediation Organization - Daniel Erdmann Different laws deal with different matters, for example, formal laws are meant to regulate commercial, criminal or constitutional aspects of human life, while civil and personal matters are governed by the local customary laws or religious laws. The religious personal laws of Bangladesh's various religious communities govern matters within the private sphere, including marriage, divorce, custody, inheritance and so on. Muslim marriage and sharing of paternal properties are governed by the Islamic law but the Marriage Registration act 1961 imposes some optional conditions. There was no law on marriage of Hindu community until 2012. Bangladesh Constitution declares equal rights for men and women in all spheres of public life. For centuries, women have been in total subjugation in male-dominated patriarchal societies. It has been a "natural law" to regard women as the inferior sex and for them to submit to male authority for the "smooth functioning" Salish (village mediation and arbitration) https://worldmediation.org/ End
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