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Should Divorce Always Be Legal?

The dilemma dividing Catholic Malta – should divorce be made legal?

In Malta, divorce remains illegal, but the Prime Minister is looking to change the law. Are their any economic or cultural disadvantages of legalising divorce, especially for women?

Also on the programme: Has Freud's theory of 'penis envy' in women retained any credibility? This week's topical diary is from Cambodia, as a woman who lost five members of her family during the Khmer Rouge regime reacts to Pol Pot's conviction for war crimes.

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29 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project