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==Contemporary period==
During the past decades, the position of women in Greek society has changed dramatically. [[Efharis Petridou]] was the first female lawyer in Greece; in 1925 she joined the Athens Bar Association.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Buchanan |first=Kelly |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2015/03/women-in-history-lawyers-and-judges/ |title=Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress |publisher=Blogs.loc.gov |date= |accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.segth.gr/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1/|title=Το Γυναικείο Κίνημα στην Ελλάδα {{!}} segth.gr|publisher=segth.gr|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> In 1955, women were first allowed to become judges in Greece.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>In 1983, a new family law was passed, which provided for [[gender equality]] in marriage, and abolished [[dowry]] and provided for equal rights for "[[Legitimacy (family law)|illegitimate]]" children.<ref name="ReferenceB">Marcos, Anastasios C, and Bahr, Stephen J.
2001 Hellenic (Greek) Gender Attitudes. Gender Issues. 19(3):21–40.</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/26/world/around-the-world-greece-approves-family-law-changes.html#</ref><ref>Demos, Vasilikie. (2007) “The Intersection of Gender, Class and Nationality and the Agency of Kytherian Greek Women.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. 11 August.</ref> [[Adultery]] was also decriminalised in 1983. The new family law provided for [[civil marriage]] and liberalised the [[divorce law]]. In 2006, Greece enacted Law 3500/2006 -"For combating domestic violence"- which criminalised [[domestic violence]], including [[marital rape]].<ref>http://www.isotita.gr/en/index.php/docs/c81/</ref>
Law 3719/2008 further dealt with family issues, including Article 14 of the law, which reduced the separation period (necessary before a divorce in certain circumstances) from 4 years to 2 years<ref>http://www2.ohchr.org/English/bodies/cedaw/docs/54/CEDAW-C-GRC-7.pdf</ref> Greece also ratified the [[Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ChercheSig.asp?NT=197&CM=8&DF=&CL=ENG|title=Liste complète|work=Bureau des Traités|accessdate=20 April 2016}}</ref> As of 2014, there are 21.0% women in parliament.<ref>http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm</ref>
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