law june boletin del estado july for more examples see note swedish cohabitees act the same world bank study showsfor example that in at least countries women cannot be heads of household and in countries they can not even get a job without the husbands permission in some regions where multiple legal systems coexist such as subsaharan africa the middle east north africa and south asia discriminatory customary and religious provisions continue to prevent the equal enjoyment of rights in the family context often they are a precondition for ensuring the effective enjoyment of the rights related to the family as well as the wellbeing of its members