Umm...
" Moreover, some of the amendments made to the family code, have helped to alleviate certain types of moral coercion against women, by inter alia:
(a) Restricting the practice of polygamy, which now requires the prior consent of the two wives, "
http://www.algeria-un.org/default.asp?doc=1425 Yeah...the irony in that statement is something I hope the committee missed.