This fact sheet was produced as part of the Action Plan of the General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW) and the National Women’s Coalition for the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Palestine. The fact sheet is based on a national report on violence against women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic prepared by the GUPW and the CEDAW Coalition with support from UN Women.
read moreThe United Nations (UN) Defines the early marriage, child marriage, as: "any marriage where at least one of the parties is under 18 years of age." The UN considers early marriage as a manifestation of forced marriage, as it defines the last as: "The marriages in which one and/or both parties have not personally expressed their full and free consent to the union." Thus, the early marriage could not be perceived but as a forced marriage since a minor cannot express her/his will consciously and freely. Early marriage is one of the negative phenomenon in Palestine. According to the latest available statistics, it reaches among females to 20% in 2017; 19% in the West Bank, a ...
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