child marriage

Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki found out on January 22 that she is the first Arab female filmmaker to ever be…

MP Souad al-Masry for Port Said governorate has proposed raising the legal marriage age for girls to 21 years old…

The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) has taken measures regarding the engagement of two children in Kafr el-Sheikh,…

  The mother of a 15-year-old boy, now officially engaged to a 14-year-old girl, defended her son’s choice on Sunday…

In a case of child marriage, Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe…

An official CAPMAS report announced that 117,000 children under the age of 18 in Egypt are or have been married,…

  A new draft law criminalizing child marriage has been proposed by the Egyptian government, bringing with it a penalty…

Egyptian Lawyer Mahmoud Salama recently suggested the establishment of a syndicate for widows and divorcees that would collect annual subscription…

The children’s agency UNICEF welcomed the new findings, but said “we’ve got a long way to go.” The new figures…

A 12-year-old girl became engaged on Wednesday to an 11-year-old boy, as photos circulated on Facebook of their engagement ceremony,…