Yemen: Marriage Age Increased  · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

“This is great news: the Yemeni Parliament has just approved a new minimum age for marriage. It will be seventeen now. The law raises the minimum age for marriage – for both boys and girls – to 17, and provides for the right to alimony and recognition of the mother as the sole guardian of her children,” announces Omar Barsawad from Yemen.