{"id":771297,"date":"2019-12-25T07:26:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T07:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/25\/saudi-arabia-officially-abolishes-teenage-marriage\/"},"modified":"2019-12-25T07:26:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T07:26:40","slug":"saudi-arabia-officially-abolishes-teenage-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/25\/saudi-arabia-officially-abolishes-teenage-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Officially Abolishes Teenage Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its Ministry of Justice, in a recently issued a de facto ban on child marriages, setting the minimum age for marriage at 18.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the statement made by the Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Dr Walid Al-Samaani, all courts in the country were directed to refer the marriage application of anyone under 18 to a special court to make sure that \u201cmarrying those below 18-years old will not harm them and will achieve their best interest, whether they are male or female\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The new order which is one of the social reform initiated since Mohammad Bin Salman became crown prince two years ago, came after an amendment to the Kingdom\u2019s Child Protection Law was passed by the Shoura Council in January 2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Recall also that King Salman signed a decree permitting women to travel or obtain a passport without the permission of male guardians in October 2019. The decree did away with the need for permission of a guardian to marry, apply for a passport and leave the country. In the same month, women were allowed to join the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The amendments also granted women the right to register the birth of a child, a marriage or a divorce, and to be issued official family documents and be eligible as a guardian to children who are minors. In January 2019, Saudi authorities stipulated that women must be paid equally to men.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Source: www.ghgossip.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its Ministry of Justice, in a recently issued a de facto ban on child marriages, setting the minimum age for marriage at 18. 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