campaign "My Lady", no to child marriage

A women''s team working in charitable societies in the Kingdom, Egypt and Yemen thwarted 5 marriages of minors. The magazine “My Lady” was. A few days ago, a global campaign was launched, the first of its kind in this regard, and the spark of initiation was launched from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the slogan (No to the Marriage of Minors) and was joined by famous international and local personalities, and the women''s associations that stood in solidarity with them thwarted the marriage of 5 minors, not older than their age. (The 13-15) in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Yemen,

The editor-in-chief of the magazine "Madam" explained. Muhammad al-Harithi said that the goal of the campaign "My Lady" Humanitarian and social The campaign includes stopping the marriage of minors in all cities of the Middle East and its surroundings, stressing that it has met with a great response from supporters who praised the effort made by the magazine for a healthy society free from social diseases. He said, hundreds of prominent international figures at the international and local levels joined the campaign, and dozens of celebrities participated in it and declared their support for the campaign on the magazine''s website, and we hope that the campaign will bear fruit before the end of its 3-month period since its launch.

In the Eastern Province and Riyadh, the team "madam" With nine visits to families of minors who were on their way to marrying adults, and in Egypt and Yemen a work team sponsored a "madam". Providing assistance to the families of minors, regardless of their marriage.

"Madam," the office manager said. In the grandmother of Mona Siraj, the magazine took it upon itself to make change for the better. The silent marriage of minors was one of the most important things discussed by the working group "my lady" . Siraj follows up on the magazine’s work team’s movement in all its offices, and made field visits to search for statistics and communicate with the marriage officials, and the team found that most marriages are justified by poverty and destitution in the absence of a law that protects them from selling and trafficking in them, and we found that media support will be a catalyst to stop these violations. Practiced by some families against their daughters, hoping to enact laws to curb their transgressions.

The editor-in-chief of My Lady magazine in the Riyadh office, Rana Zuhair, said when the editorial department decided to launch a campaign "No to the marriage of minors" At the beginning, we felt the difficulty of the task, especially since the main goal of the campaign was to thwart underage marriages with the effort of "madam." In a humane manner, she added, we initially thought that we would not be able to do so, but after researching, investigating and studying the cases of families that were thwarted, we felt the pleasure of work, especially since the human role in the issue was the main goal, and despite the difficulty experienced by colleagues, the pleasure in the result was greater. She added that although we did not actually start the campaign until about 20 days ago, the number of those joining it reached 100 people from all over the Arab world, starting from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Cairo, Morocco, Yemen and the UAE, and this in itself gave us a greater boost. Every person who joined the campaign had her enthusiasm and suggestions increase our desire. By communicating in the campaign, with female Highnesses, like the wife of the Governor of the Eastern Province, who was the first leading figure to join the campaign, and joined the wife of the Emir of Al-Qassim, Princess Basma Bint Saud, religious scholars, members of the Shura Council, writers, artists, and social and media personalities. Our call received great support from the print and audio media, and we hope that there will be tangible changes soon as a result of this campaign. The most prominent participants in the campaign are a member of the Senior Scholars Council and the Shura Council, Dr. Abdul Mohsen Al-Obeikan, Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Sheikh Al-Kubaisi from the UAE, and the Lebanese Finance Minister Raya Al-Haffar And a large number of famous and writers Egypt, Lebanon and the Arab world. It is noteworthy that the campaign "No to underage marriage" It comes within the framework of the campaigns "my lady" Humanity started with the global warming campaign.

Names of the participants in the underage marriage campaign

Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja

Princess Ghada bint Abdullah

Moroccan Minister of Social Development and Family Nouzha Skalli

Princess Seetah bint Abdullah

Bin Abdulaziz

Princess Noura bint Muhammad Al Saud

Advisor to the Royal Court, Abdullah Al-Manea

Dr. Abdul Mohsen Al-Obeikan.

Sheikh Ahmed Al-Kubaisi from the Emirates

The Lebanese writer Matanius Naissi

Princess Basma bint Saud.

Businesswoman Asia Al-Sheikh

Former Minister of Social Affairs Abdel Mohsen Al-Akkas

Saudi writer Hedaya Darwish

Suhaila Zain Al-Abidin, member of the Shura Council

Abdel Mohsen Al-Anad, member of the Shura Council

Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Al-Watan newspaper, Omar Al-Mudawahi

Lebanese businessman

Gilberto Ibrahim

Sheikh Saleh Al-Turki

The artist Khaled Khader

Khaled Al-Thubaiti

Dr. Hisham Arab

The artist Mohamed Abdo

Artist Abadi Al-Jawhar

The artist Rashid Al-Shamrani

The artist Majid Al Mohandes

The artist Abbas Ibrahim

Fashion designer Amina Al Jassim

The artist Abdul Majeed Abdullah

The artist Rashid Al Majid

Professor Samir Abbas

Professor Muhammad Eid Deeb

Lawyer and Legal Counsel Yasser Jamil Khoja

Dr. Layla Al-Ahdab

Head of the Department of Comparative Jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, Dr. Souad Saleh

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information, Dr. Abu Bakr Ahmad Baqader

Director General of Social Affairs in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, Dr. Ali Al-Hanaki

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Producers and Distributors Association, Muhammad Saeed Al-Ghamdi

Artist Ali Al Sabaa

Actor Mohamed Bakhsh

Actor and Producer Abdullah Al-Amer

Dr. Haitham Shawley, the singer

Head of the art department in Okaz newspaper. Ali Fekandash

Saudi fashion designer Zaki bin Abboud

Dr. Muhammad Al-Nujaimi

Internal Medicine Consultant Dr. Muhammad Al-Bar

Moroccan novelist Mohamed Al-Ash''ari

Lebanese lawyer and human rights defender Bushra al-Khalil