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	Multiple Marriages in Tajikistan	13 December 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Institute for War and Peace Reporting \| Document type: Country News
	Iranian women fight controversial ‘polygamy' bill	30 November 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
	Ethiopia: 1. Polygamous marriages are recognised in Ethiopia. 2. If traditional marriages are recognised in Ethiopia (without the need for a civil ceremony or registration process). 3. Whether a Talaq pronounced by a wife in an adjoining country (Kenya) would be recognised in Ethiopia	29 August 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Algeria: Information on forced marriages and polygamous marriages, including the treatment of women	22 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2011 - Papua New Guinea	6 July 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Minority Rights Group International \| Document type: Annual Reports
	Namibia: Forced marriages, including whether families choose, for a spouse, someone who is a cousin, or uncle; whether polygamy is practiced; state protection available for those who defy traditional customs	10 May 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
	Afghanistan: Information on polygamous marriages in Afghanistan	27 April 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Zambia: 1. Please provide background and demographic information on the ethnic composition of Zambia and in particular the Tonga speaking people. Please include where they come from, what is their level of adherence to their traditional beliefs, and what is their relationship and standing within the modern Zambian community. 2. Please provide information on the customs and traditions associated with the death customs of the Tonga speaking people of Zambia. 3. Please advise the status of, the extent of and the legality of polygamy in Zambia. 4. Please provide some background information on Chief Hamusonde's chiefdom in the Monze District of southern Zambia. For example, what is it and how does it relate to other chiefdoms and Zambia generally? 5. Deleted. 6. Deleted. 7. Please provide information on the "cleansing ritual", the "naming ritual" and the "property grabbing" (presumably distribution of deceased estates) in Zambia. 8. Please provide information on local laws regarding "cleansing rituals", including whether the law permits it and whether the law requires condoms be used during such rituals. 9. Please discuss whether there are songs played on radio and television in Zambia regarding "unclean widows" called "Muka-mfwilwa", and how they warn men to stay away from them and how it encourages women to go back to their in-laws and be cleansed. 10. Please provide information on "widowed women in Zambia" as a possible particular social group. 11. Please provide information on the treatment of women and especially widows in the Tonga speaking ethnic group in Zambia. 12. Please provide information on the existence and activities of the women's lobby group in Lusaka. 13. Please provide general information on the effectiveness of police and state protection, and the extent of corruption in Zambia, particularly in respect to the protection of widowed or single women	4 April 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
	Côte d'Ivoire: Can a "customary" or "religious" marriage be legally recognised; Is there an authority which verifies the authenticity of traditional or customary marriages; Are polygamous marriages valid?	31 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Query Responses
	Polygamy Promoted to Tackle Plight of Anbar's Women	23 September 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: Institute for War and Peace Reporting \| Document type: Country News

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