EGYPT FACTS ON PROSTITUTION

Marzouk Ahmed Abdel-Rahim killed his daughter, chopped off her head and carried it through the neighborhood to punish her and regain his family honor after she eloped. Daughters are seen as money-earners because in traditional Islamic marriages, a groom gives his in-laws a dowry, the amount depending on their social status. Marriage is viewed as a business transaction, and the goods are the women - to be bought and sold by the father. A daughter who eloped deprives her family of dowry income. (Tarkek el Tablawy, Associated Press, 1998)

Law 290, article 291 of the penal code says if a rapist marries the woman he rapes, he is not subject to any penalty. Osama Abdel Fatah Abdel Latif, who raped and then married his current wife, later raped another girl at knifepoint, offered to marry her as well. The girl refused to marry him, and so he will be formerly charged and sentenced. (Soha Abdel Kader, "Hypocrisy and sex crimes," Middle East Times, 30 March 1997)

In South Africa a women is raped on average every 17 seconds.

In Angles city, Philippines a woman or child is raped or killed on average every 6 seconds.

Up to 20 % of women in the US experience rape at least once in their life.

In Canada it is estimated at least 40 % of women will be raped at least once in their lifetime.

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