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YEMEN
YEMEN
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 15
PREVALENCE OF MARRIAGE BY AGE 18
FEMALE
7%
MALE
N/A
30%
#N/A
Year of data:
2022-23
Source:
MICS 2022-23
Year of data:
#N/A
Source:
#N/A
LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE
No minimum age
No minimum age
LOWEST PERMITTED AGE OF MARRIAGE DUE TO EXCEPTIONS IN THE LAW
No minimum age
No minimum age
Law(s) which govern marriage and/or child marriage:
Law No. 24 of 1999 to amend Law No. 20 of 1992 Regarding Personal Status
ABOUT THE LAW AND ANY EXCEPTIONS
In 1999, an amendment to Yemen's Personal Status Law removed the minimum age for marriage of 15, which applied to both girls and boys. The amendment states that a marriage contracted by a girl's guardian is valid, and that consummation of the marriage is not permissable until the girl is physically capable of sexual intercourse. The Yemeni government's Sharia Legislative Committee has blocked attempts to raise the marriage age to 15 or 18.
CAN MARRIED OR PREGNANT GIRLS GO TO SCHOOL?
No explicit law prevents or protects the right to education for married, pregnant, or parenting girls.
IS THE COUNTRY A FRAGILE OR CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATE?
Yes
IS THE COUNTRY ONE OF THE 50 MOST CLIMATE-VULNERABLE STATES?
Yes
IS IT ONE OF THE 50 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY?
Yes
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