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Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Brunei, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Legal and recognized" (para 18).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1

"The draft law aims to criminalise underage marriages due to children’s lack of health and mental ability to bear the consequences of marriage" (para 1). Indicates that children are getting married, and that the government recognizes it as a problem, also, child marriages are forced marriages, by definition (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MARR-LAW-1

"The draft law aims to criminalise underage marriages due to children’s lack of health and mental ability to bear the consequences of marriage" (para 1). Seeing as child marriages are forced marriages by definition, and they are not yet criminalised, it seems that forced marriages are legal (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1

"The Ministry of Health and Population also reported that 500,000 children are born every year to adolescent mothers" (para 10).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"The draft law aims to criminalise underage marriages due to children’s lack of health and mental ability to bear the consequences of marriage" (para 1). Indicates that children are getting married, and that the government recognizes it as a problem (MB-CODER COMMENT). "The draft law requires the maazoun (‘Marriage officer’) to notify the Public Prosecution of any incident of a customary marriage in which one of the parties is a child under 18 years old at the time of marriage. A penalty of imprisonment of no less than one year and a fine between EGP 50,000 and EGP 200,000 shall be inflicted on anyone who marries a male or female,...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: AOM-LAW-1

"The draft law stipulates that a marriage contract for a person who has not reached 18 years old may not be authenticated" (para 3). This indicates that under current law marriage contracts for those under 18 can be authenticated, hence the draft law aiming to change that (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MARR-DATA-1, AOM-DATA-2

"According to the 2017 national census released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, the total number of women over the age of 18 who could legally get married has reached 27.7m, with 23m women married, including 119,000 girls who have been married before reaching the age of 18. Meanwhile, 18,000 women got married before the age of 16, representing 15% of girls who got married before the legal age of marriage" (para 9-10).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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July 6, 2024, 7:41 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"The media reported some child marriages were temporary marriages intended to mask child prostitution.” (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Egypt ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).
March 11, 2024, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex itself is illegal in Egypt. Habitually engaging in 'prostitution' or 'debauchery' is a criminal offence under Article 9C of the Law 1961/10 on Combatting Prostitution and Debauchery. Advertising sexual services is also criminalised under Article 14 of Law 1961/10. Also an offence of working or living in a premises used for prostitution and aware of it under Article 13 of Law 1961/10. Articles 25 and 26 of the Cybercrime Law no 175/2018 have been used to criminalise selling sexual services online or any acts that undermine social and family values, which can be used against sex workers. Article 269 bis of the Penal Code...more
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Egypt who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 30 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Egypt, Oman, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Egypt was 17 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Egypt is 15.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Egypt is 73 years for women and 68 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Egypt is 69.6 years for men and 74.1 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 5, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not provide for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no applicable provisions could be located.
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Djibouti, Egypt
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"21.7 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 15, 2023, 6:02 a.m.
Countries: Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3

Iran holds the record as the top executioner of women. Amnesty International recorded that 16 women were known to have been executed in 2020 in the world – nine of them were executed in Iran. Other countries executing women last year were Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Oman executing four, two, and one woman respectively.
Aug. 7, 2023, 1:05 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law prohibits discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: The Central Bank of Egypt’s Circular of April 22, 2021 (2). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Law No. 131 of 1948, Art. 44 (2). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following...more
Aug. 7, 2023, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses do not have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Inheritance Law No. 77/1943, Art. 11 (2).
Aug. 7, 2023, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters do not have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Inheritance Law No. 77/1943, Arts. 16-19 (2).
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Central African Rep, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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