{"id":2133,"date":"2023-04-05T14:42:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:42:37","slug":"the-lebanese-women-democratic-gathering-discussed-a-draft-law-to-set-the-marriage-age-and-criminalize-child-marriage-in-lebanon-in-the-parliamentary-human-rights-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/the-lebanese-women-democratic-gathering-discussed-a-draft-law-to-set-the-marriage-age-and-criminalize-child-marriage-in-lebanon-in-the-parliamentary-human-rights-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering discussed a draft law to set the marriage age and criminalize child marriage in Lebanon in the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering discussed with the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, headed by Michel Moussa the law proposed by RDFL for setting marriage age, the session was attended by RDFL\u2019s Vice-President Sarah Al-Outa, Campaign Coordinator Rasha Wazneh, and\u00a0 the lawyer Ghada Nikola in the presence of some parliamentary members and the Ministry of Justice, the Bar Association, the Ministry of Social Affairs and civil society associations, representatives.<\/p>\n

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The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering discussed with the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, headed by Michel Moussa the law proposed by RDFL for setting marriage age, the session was attended by RDFL\u2019s Vice-President Sarah Al-Outa, Campaign Coordinator Rasha Wazneh, and\u00a0 the lawyer Ghada Nikola in the presence of some parliamentary members and the Ministry of Justice, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/330385575_744563690661385_8738927148220387497_n.jpg?fit=592%2C395&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa0Zsl-yp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2419,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/national-dialogue-workshop-on-the-legislative-path-of-the-marriage-age-determination-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":2133,"position":0},"title":"National dialogue workshop on ‘The legislative process of the law on determination the legal age for marriage in Lebanon’","date":"October 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A national dialogue workshop on 'the legislative process of the law on determination the legal age for marriage in Lebanon' was organized by the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering in partnership with the General Secretariat of the Parliament and the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights in the Parliament, with the presence\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/c3RwPWRzdC1qcGdfZTM1X3MxMDgweDEwODAmX25jX2h0PXNjb250ZW50LWNkZzQtMS5jZG5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tJl9uY19jYXQ9MTA1Jl9uY19vaGM9Y0k4SDd.jpeg?fit=1080%2C608&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1656,"url":"https:\/\/www.rdflwomen.org\/eng\/notbefore18\/","url_meta":{"origin":2133,"position":1},"title":"#notBefore18","date":"May 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The lack of a national agreement on the minimum age for marriage in Lebanon has been a source of concern. 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