Palestinian Women No Longer Need Husband’s Permission for a Divorce

Palestinian women just won some new freedoms.

They can now initiate divorce proceedings against their husbands.

Before, Muslim women in the West Bank had to get their husbands’ consent for a divorce.

The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Ramallah.

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