women face discrimination in the courts, where the testimony of one man equals that of two women in family and inheritance law. polygamy is permitted for men, and men have a unilateral right to divorce their wives (talaq) without needing any legal justification. a woman can only obtain a divorce with the consent of her husband or judicially if her husband has harmed her. in practice, it is very difficult for a saudi woman to obtain a judicial divorce. with regard to the law of inheritance, the quran specifies that fixed portions of the deceased's estate must be left to the "qur'anic heirs" and generally, female heirs receive half the portion of male heirs.