News Front
August, 1998
Manly DutiesVienna--Two notorious divorce cases and a campaign by the Women's Ministry prompted the Austrian parliament to pass a law requiring husbands to do half the housework and child rearing. The new law replaces a Nazi-era statute that allowed a man to divorce his wife if she failed to clean up after him or cook his meals. The Women's Ministry started its Half Half campaign after one man divorced his wife for refusing to use a certain dishwashing detergent and another had his settlement re...
