Divorce
A new draft family law requires an appendix to be attached to marriage or divorce certificates outlining the rights and obligations of both parties, including a condition that a husband may not take another wife without written permission from his current spouse.
Under the new system, all divorce proceedings are handled exclusively through the judicial system. The Church's role is limited to pastoral and advisory functions, offering reconciliation efforts or spiritual guidance upon request.
A marriage happens every 34 seconds, while a divorce occurs every two minutes.
Many solutions have been put forward to resolve family issues and violence against women in the sessions of the National Dialogue, rapporteur Yasmine Al-Baghdadi, told Channel One Monday.
Egypt has witnessed over the past period a high rate of divorce, with many cases are resolved at family courts leaving families split apart, which in return negatively affects the society.
The House of Representatives is debating means to limit marital polygamy as the public have strongly expressed mixed opinions about the controversial issue.
Egypt records a case of divorce every two minutes and two marriages per minute, said Major General Khairat Barakat, head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Tuesday evening.
The Public Prosecution continues its extensive investigations with a man, who dominated headlines in Egypt over the past hours, after he was caught on camera while sexually harassing a girl.
Mawaddah program, launched by the Ministry of Solidarity, further added that 15 percent of divorces happed during the first year.
The second phase started August 16 and will last until September 15.
Four youths decided to provide a close-up on the dilemma in a short film to participate in the Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film.
In 2017, the number of marriage cases recorded 913,000, while the divorce cases hit 198,000, averaging 21.7 percent of divorce ratio to every 100 marriage cases.
Marriage and other forms of long-term relationships tend to be the stem from which social systems and social contracts develop.
At least 4,200 questions exclusive to divorce are sent to Dar al-Iftaa every month, a figure that corresponds to an increasing rate of spousal separation in the country.
It is believed that the majority of young men now think that marriage wastes youth, money and is not good for psychological health.
Divorce is painful for both partners, and for a woman, choosing to get divorced is like choosing to go out on a limb, regardless of how unduly the spousal relationship was.
A foreign, non-Muslim mother breathed a sigh of relief as the Egyptian Family Court ruled in favor of her and awarded her the custody of their child.
The divorce rates in Egypt are witnessing a noticeable increase compared to marriage rates, according to a report issued on Monday by CAPMAS.
Divorce cases saw an increase in November 2017 in comparison to November 2016, CAPMAS stated in its monthly bulletin on Wednesday.
Egypt's divorce rate reaches an all time high; a divorce is finalized every two minutes according to NCW.
