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Restrictions on women around the world

Women in Saudia Arabia can’t drive, the only country that does not allow women to drive

In Israel, a woman needs her husband’s permission to get a divorce.

A Nigerian husband is permitted to hit his wife, under Section 55 of the Penal Code, for the purposes of “correcting” her.

In the Arab Republic of Egypt, a married woman “can leave the house only for purposes allowed by law or custom, otherwise she needs her husband’s permission or she loses her right to financial support.”

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