Egypt Regional Study on Child Marriage

Key Recommendations

Girls’ Voice & Agency

• Strengthen girls’ voice within the design and implementation of child marriage prevention programmes and policies.
• Make public spaces safer for girls.
• Continue to provide financial incentives for sending girls to school.

Household and Community Attitudes and Behaviours

• Leverage social networks to change collective beliefs and practices related to early marriage and FGM/C.
• Engage receptive religious leaders.

Service Delivery

• Increase reporting mechanisms for child marriage.
• Increase investment in secondary education.

Legal Context

• Develop strategies to ensure implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Prevention of Early Marriage.
• Strengthen legal enforcement of existing child marriage laws.
• Capitalize on related government priorities, such as addressing overpopulation and FGM/C.
• Consider the unintended consequences of the formalization of ‘seasonal marriages’ through Ministerial Regulation No. 9200.

Evidence Generation

• Strengthen the coordination of research initiatives.
• Build evidence on girls’ perceptions of child marriage and how education impacts marriage timing for girls.
• Use findings to inform the National Strategic Plan for Prevention of Early Marriage.

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