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Women also had reduced protection from violence within marriage, until 1990, section 236 of the Criminal Code of Malta, called "Homicide or bodily harm caused by husband on adulterous wife and adulterer" provided leniency for such homicides committed by the husband; [13] section 236 was repealed by Act No. XXIX of 1990.
In 1944 the Women of Malta Association was founded by Josephine Burns de Bono and Helen Buhagiar, with Burns de Bono as its President and Buhagiar as General Secretary.It was founded under the guidance of Reggie Miller of the Labour Front but its members consisted mainly of upper class elite women.
From 1947, Malta had limited self-government. Voting rights for women were raised by the Women of Malta Association and the Malta Labour Party against loud protests from the Church. The proposal was adopted by a narrow majority. The clashes spurred Barbara to show what women could do, so when people encouraged her, she stood for election in 1947.
On March 3, 2011, Malta won an official match for the first time in the 2013 European Championship qualifying's preliminary round, beating Georgia 1–0 with a goal by D'Agostino in injury time. On April 6, 2013 Malta beat Luxembourg 6–0 in the 2015 World Cup qualifying 's preliminary round.
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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Maltese This category exists only as a container for other categories of Maltese women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Women members of the House of Representatives of Malta (34 P) Pages in category "Maltese women in politics" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The English name Malta derives from Italian and Maltese Malta, from medieval Arabic Māliṭā (مَالِطَا), from classical Latin Melita, [42] from latinised or Doric forms [43] of the ancient Greek Melítē (Μελίτη) of uncertain origin.