Page 27 SUDAN (CONTINUED) Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 Section 91. Except in situations involving a violation of Shari’a law, a wife shall always obey her husband if he:  (a) has paid her dowry in full,  (b) could be entrusted with her, and  (c) provides her with a home that complies with the Shari’a requirement among good neighbors. Section 92. If the wife refuses to obey her husband, her right to be provided with a living ceases to be valid during such refusal. Note: Article 31 of the Constitution of Sudan: All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without discrimination, as to race, colour, sex, language, religious creed, political opinion, or ethnic origin, to the equal protection of the law. YEMEN The Personal Status Act No. 20 of 1992: Article 23. The consent of the woman to marriage is required, silence is the indication of consent of a virgin to marriage. The consent of a previously married woman should be expressed [at the time of remarriage]. Article 40. A husband has the right to be obeyed by his wife in the interest of the family, especially in regard to the following: Take Action – Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Presidential Palace Office of the President 60 Street Sana’a YEMEN Email: ymiss-newyork@mofa.gov.ye (Mission to the UN in New York) 1. She must move with him to the conjugal home, unless she has stipulated in the marriage contract that she must remain in her own home or her family’s home, in which case she must permit him to live with her and have access to her; 2. She must permit him to have legitimate intercourse with her when she is fit to do so; 3. She must obey him and refrain from disobedience, and perform her work around the conjugal home, as other women do; 4. She must not leave the conjugal home without his permission, unless for a legitimate excuse or one commonly regarded as not prejudicial to honor or to her duties towards him. She may especially go out to attend to her property interests or to perform a mutually agreed job that does not conflict with Islamic law. A legitimate excuse would be for the woman to take care of her frail parents if she is the only one available to care for either or both of them. Note: Article 41 of the Constitution of Yemen: Citizens are all equal in rights and duties.