30 October 2019
Commitment title:
Drafting of laws and policy-making in support of the population issue
Commitment description:law criminalizing marriage of minors, Children's Act, Family Planning Act, Support Fund for Women's Economic Activities, and laws on violence against women.
Mode of engagement:
- Change or creation of legislationlaw criminalizing marriage of minors, Children's Act, Family Planning Act and Support Fund for Women's Economic Activities.
Commitment to be actioned in:
Egypt
Submitted by
The Egyptian Parliament
Thematic area
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Commitment category
(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
