New National Project to Address Divorce Phenomena

The main principles of marriage in Islam are “affection and compassion” between the spouses.

Thus, recently Egypt has adopted serious steps to end the phenomena of porce, via launching a national project to raise awareness on the importance of marriage among youth called “Mawada”, in accordance with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directives.

During The 6th national youth conference at Cairo University, Sisi directed the solidarity ministry to carry on with the project which aims to reduce the steady rise of porces in Egyptian society.

The executive committee of “Mawadda” project held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali and the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.

During the meeting, Wali reviewed the main features of the project, and its significant achievements over the last months, foremost of which; the preparation of a practical guide for the program after reviewing the successful international experiences in this field.

In this regard, the supreme council of universities approved the circulation of the program at the beginning of the academic year 2019-2020, following the pilot phase that benefited more than 20,000 students in 5 public universities.

Moreover, the social solidarity minister tackled the program implementation plan throughout the academic year that includes 1920 training courses targeting nearly 100,000 students over the two semesters at Cairo, Alexandria, Helwan, Ain Shams, and Port Saeed universities.

“The program will also include many activities besides the training courses like; theatrical and artistic performances,” Wali said, adding that upon the completion of the courses, the students will receive an accredited certificate.

On his part, Abdel Ghaffar confirmed that “Mawada” project aims at raising the awareness of young couples, and reducing porce rates as a way to protect the Egyptian family.

Contributed by Nada Mustafa