customary marriage
NCW assured the fabrication of spread statistics about divorce and marriage ratios.
Unregistered marriage, which always has been the subject of controversy in Egypt, resurfaced as parliamentarian Amna Nouser’s suggested to criminalize it.
One in six women in Egypt still marry early especially in rural and deprived areas, according to a report by the Word Bank Group issued in March 2016.
Chief of the Marriage Officiant Syndicate, Islam Amer, called on the parliament to enact legislation criminalizing customary marriage for those under 18.
