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).

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

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).

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.)

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).

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).

Countries: Egypt, Oman, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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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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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).

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).

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.

Countries: Djibouti, Egypt
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"21.7 births per 1000 population"

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

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).

Countries: Egypt
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Women wearing hijabs (Muslim headscarves) are being discriminated against by businesses in Egypt, a BBC Arabic investigation has discovered. The evidence appears to violate Egypt's constitution, which bans discrimination based on religion, sex, race or social class. Since 2015, some Egyptian women wearing a hijab have taken to social media to complain about such treatment" (Para.1-3). "On hijabi lifestyle social media groups, BBC News Arabic found what appears to be a growing trend, with women accusing numerous venues of refusing them entry if they are wearing a hijab" (Para.6).