New debate erupts over use of -ová suffix in Czech female surnames

12/09/2019 3 min
New debate erupts over use of -ová suffix in Czech female surnames

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Episode Synopsis

Should Czech women be able to choose whether or not to use the ending -ová in their surname? A debate over the question has flared up again after the cabinet approved a draft law on birth registers, which denies women the possibility to do so. The Pirate Party calls it discriminatory and wants to reverse the decision in the Lower House.