The top Islamic judge in Gaza said on Tuesday that he would revise a recent controversial ruling that prohibited unmarried women from travelling without permission from their “male guardians”, local media reported. The ruling, announced on Sunday, prompted a backlash from rights groups in Hamas-run Gaza, saying it violated anti-gender-discrimination Palestinian laws. Protesters marched against the decision to the office of the council’s chairman, Hassan Jojo, who had approved the ruling. “This decision is discriminatory and violates the human rights of Palestinian women, and is clearly a step in the wrong direction,” the delegation said on Twitter. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor in Geneva said in a statement that the decision was breaching Palestinian laws.

Source: Egypt Independent February 16, 2021 23:37 UTC