Algeria: Women of the Streets, on the Bench of Algerian Society

Le Monde, 04.21.09
Many women, often victims of forced marriages, incest, divorces, pregnancy or a relationship outside of marriage, take to the streets. They often have children, and are excluded from society after having been disowned by their family. This has enormous repercussions on the status of Algerian society and the Algerian family: “a society in crisis is born of a family in crisis.”