Algerian Women Protest: 20 years is enough!
Submitted on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 11:24
The documentary film, OUECH DEK YAL KADi (What came over you, Judge?), tells the story of women in Algeria raising their voices against the Algerian Family Code enacted on June 9, 1984.
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