Tunisia's president promised Monday to submit a bill to parliament soon that aims to give women equal inheritance rights with men, a proposal he said was aimed at enhancing women's rights in the Muslim-majority country.
The current system, which is based on Shariah law, generally grants daughters only half the inheritance given to sons.
The North African Muslim country, which toppled autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, grants women more rights than other countries in the region, and since last year has allowed Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men.
"I propose equality inheritance to become law," President Beji Caid Essebsi said in a speech.
But in the face of the opposition from conservatives, he left the door open for some exceptions, saying families who wished to continue the allocation based on Shariah law would be able to do so.
Parliament now needs to decide on a bill.
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