Fags:
Homosexual conduct has been legal in Cote d’Ivoire since 1867. The age of consent is 15. Cote d’Ivoire is one of 13 countries in Africa (out of 53) where homosexuality is legal. Gay rights groups are incessantly pushing for more laws, including same-sex marriage and adoption rights.
Divorce:
Since this country’s National Assembly amended the family code in 1983, which granted women equity with their husbands and allowed the wife to seek divorce, the divorce rate has risen. However, it is still normally the case that in the event of divorce, the father retains custody of the children, a fact which dissuades many wives from pursuing divorce proceedings.
Matthew 5:32- But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Proverbs 6:32- But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Sexual Trafficking:
Cote d’Ivoire is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Trafficking within the country is more prevalent than international trafficking and the majority of victims are children. Women and girls are trafficked from northern areas to southern cities for domestic servitude, restaurant labor, and sexual exploitation. A 2007 study by the German government’s foreign aid organization on child sex trafficking in two Ivoirian districts found that 85 percent of females in prostitution are children. Boys are trafficked internally for agricultural and service labor. Transnationally, boys are trafficked from Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Benin to Cote d’Ivoire for forced agricultural labor, from Guinea for forced mining, from Togo for forced construction labor, from Benin for forced carpentry work, and from Ghana and Togo for forced labor in the fishing industry. Women and girls are trafficked to and from other West and Central African countries for domestic servitude and forced street vending. Women and girls from Ghana and Nigeria are trafficked to urban centers in Cote d’Ivoire for sexual exploitation. To a lesser extent, women are trafficked from China, Ukraine, the Philippines, and North Africa to Cote d’Ivoire for the same purpose. Women are trafficked from and through Cote d’Ivoire to Europe for sexual exploitation. Reports indicate that Ivoirian children conscripted by rebel and militia groups during the civil conflict remain with these groups and are still exploited for purposes of forced labor in a non-combat capacity.
Abortion:
Abortions are illegal in Cote d’Ivoire. However, according to published reports, abortions in this country are “thought to play an important role in the current fertility decline.” A study conducted in 2005 by a local non-governmental organization (NGO) showed that 34 percent of the 2,400 women interviewed for the survey had undergone at least one abortion.
The following non-pretty picture was recently painted in an article entitled Cote d’Ivoire: Abortion – Illegal, Sought After, Sometimes Fatal, found at www.afrika.no:
"A pregnant girl, rejected by her partner and parents, without psychological support, does not hesitate to have a clandestine abortion."
Similar words come from Amadou Sidibé, assistant to the Ivorian minister of social affairs.
"In Abidjan (the economic capital) in the south of the country, new borns are currently found dead, wrapped in plastic and abandoned in public rubbish bins," he told IPS.
Massive displacement of people from the north to the south of the country as a result of conflict has added to the number of clandestine abortions and abandonment of new-borns in bins and public places, say certain midwives.
"It would be better to legalise abortions, even if they are condemned by certain religions, so that they can take place under the required medical conditions, to avoid the death of young girls or women as a result of abortion -- or sterility due to terminated pregnancies," says Zana Sanogo.
Matthew 5:21- Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: