Egypt: Demands for tougher penalties against child marriage grow in Egypt
Al-Monitor – August 17, 2021
A couple gets divorced every two minutes in Egypt, according to a report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics that was revealed by the head of the agency, Maj. Gen. Khairy Barakat, during a TV interview broadcast on Aug. 12. Several members of parliament attributed this phenomenon to the spread of early marriage or child marriage in the country. Sulaf Darwish, deputy of the parliamentary Manpower Committee, demanded in a press statement Aug. 12 that the punishment be increased for families who allow their sons and daughters to marry early, noting that the spread of this phenomenon directly threatens the lives and the future of Egyptian girls.
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