Women in Yemen woman on the other hand must go through a process of litigation in which they justify their reason for nullifying the marriage contract. Before the court, a woman is considered only half a person, that is it takes “the testimony of two women” to equal “the testimony of one man.” Additionally, women are prohibited from testifying in cases of adultery, slander, theft or sodomy by Article 45 (21) of the 1992 Evidence Law. Other laws that discriminate against women are: Personal Status Law (1992) and Penal Code Law (1994). The Personal Status Law contravenes parts of the Convention on Eliminating
Women in Estonia as Rõugutaja. First woman cleric Laine Villenthal was ordinated in 1967 by Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Women in Estonia Women in Estonia are women who were born in, who live in, or are from Estonia in Europe. Estonian women first gained the right to vote from Russia's Provisional Government in 12th of April 1917 together with Estonia being granted a national autonomy as a unified entity. Between 1970 and 1990, the total fertility rate (TFR - the average number of children a woman bears) of Estonian women was little over 2 children born per woman. A fast decrease of the