South Africa
The word "apartheid" - for "apart" - originated in South Africa under racial apartheid. Among other things, the government forbade African women from living with their husbands who worked in the mines, which Ali Mazrui describes as gender apartheid. Some human rights advocates have argued for sanctions against states practicing gender apartheid, similar to those imposed on South Africa under apartheid.
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