CLARIFICATION- In our coverage of the CAPMAS national census we had stated that the number of married women aged 12 made up 18% of married women in Egypt, based on media reports including remarks on Saturday night by Planning Minister Hala El Said to CBC talk show host Lamees El Hadidy. A presentation of the statistics to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi suggests that in fact 40% of married women are under the age of 18. It does not break out those aged 12 — that figure remains in the CAPMAS report that has yet to be publically released. H/t Sherif A.

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