“All girls have the right to live free from violence and coercion, without being forced into marriage” said David Cameron in Girls Summit in 2014. A survey by the American University in Cairo’s Social Research Center found that in 2013, 17% out of 4,000 Egyptian married women between the ages of 10 and 29 got married before the age of 18, and 4.6% got married under the age of 16. Early marriage is precisely when someone marries under the age of 18, however, in Egypt early marriage for girls is becoming an extremely threatening phenomena, especially in rural areas and tribes. Some people view early marriage as advantageous and others find it absurd and unhealthy, physically and psychologically. In this paper I will be elaborating both opinions as clarifying two different points of views from two different parties is the best way to show the root of any issue. The advantages for instance, is that early marriage gives women the option of having more children freely ,also, marriage is considered safety for women, On the contrary, the disadvantages are that marriage hinders her educational rights and that persisting this custom is against the law.
There’s no doubt that there’s a multitude of people who support marrying early and think that practically early marriage has more pros than cons, However, one of these advantages is that early marriage gives women the option of having more children freely, as young women are more likely to get pregnant than older ones, it’s thought