Algeria’s Family Code restricts women’s rights in marriage, including by permitting polygamy and requiring a male marriage guardian.

Article 66 of Algeria’s Family Code restricts the rights of divorced mothers to have custody of their children if they remarry

A ‘marry your rapist’ clause remains in Algeria’s Penal Code, providing impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence

Despite child marriage being outlawed in 2001, implementation of the law is inconsistent and the practice continues

Article 41 of the Iraqi Penal Code gives a husband a legal right to punish his wife within certain limits prescribed by law or custom

Iraqi women are unable to pass on their nationality to children born outside Iraq on an equal basis with Iraqi men

Article 398 of the Iraqi Penal Code forces women to marry the men who raped them, thus escaping punishment

In 2017, Jordan repealed Article 308 of the Penal Code that allowed rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims

Following Jordan’s Personal Status Law provides that a wife who works outside the home is entitled to alimony only if her husband has given explicit consent to the work

Jordanian women married to foreigners are not able to pass on their nationality to their children

Article 153 provides a lenient sentence for a man who kills his female relatives

Article 182 allows perpetrators to escape punishment by marrying the woman or girl they abducted and raped

Kuwaiti women are unable to transmit their nationality to non-Kuwaiti spouses and children on equal terms with Kuwaiti men

Lebanese women are unable to pass on their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with men

In 2017, Lebanon repealed Article 522, a ‘marry your rapist’ law, though loopholes remain

Articles in Lebanon’s Personal Status Law of the Catholic Sects provide that a mother loses custody of her child upon re-marriage