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| Region | Egypt |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Single parent adoption is only available for women who were previously married. Fostering is only available for opposite sex married couples. |
| Sources | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html https://www.laprensalatina.com/the-challenge-of-adopting-in-egypt-amid-religious-prohibition-social-taboo/ |
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Revision History (11)
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| Description | Single parent adoption is only available for women who were previously married. Forstering is only available for opposite sex married couples. | Single parent adoption is only available for women who were previously married. Fostering is only available for opposite sex married couples. |
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| Value | Single only | Illegal |
| Description | No Laws in place for same sex couples. As well homosexuality is currently illegal. | Single parent adoption is only available for women who were previously married. Forstering is only available for opposite sex married couples. |
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| Sources | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html https://www.laprensalatina.com/the-challenge-of-adopting-in-egypt-amid-religious-prohibition-social-taboo/ |
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| Description | No Laws in place for same sex couples. | No Laws in place for same sex couples. As well homosexuality is currently illegal. |
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Reports (6)
- Status is not correct "Adoption for an openly-gay person is not possible in Egypt. Only foster care exists as the closest legal system to adoption in Egypt — and it's limited to previously-married single mothers/ female guardians."
- Status is not correct "Adoption is not legal in Egypt.
Fostering a child fully, is limited to single women under very strict conditions.
An openly-gay person will not be able to foster in Egypt, not as a single person nor as a part of a couple."
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- Status is not correct "Legal joint adoption in Egypt for same-sex/same-gender couple is not possible. Adoption is complicated due to religious reasons, and it's difficult to consider adoption at large legal in English
An alternative to adoption by the name "Kafaala" (similar to fostering) exiats, but is available only for married opposite-sex couples, and some single women.
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- Status is not correct "Adoption is illegal for all people, including single people and opposite-sex married couples in Egypt."
- Status is not correct "Adoption, per se, is illegal in Egypt. However, foster care is legal strictly for married heterosexual couples."
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| Value | Illegal | Single only |
| Description | Marriage requirement so it is defacto illegal. As well homosexuality is illegal. But it is not criminalized. | No |
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| Sources | No | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/gay-lesbian-bisexual-relationships-illegal-in-74-countries-a7033666.html |
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| Start Date | Oct 7, 2017 | (unknown) |
| Description | Marriage requirement so it is defacto illegal. As well homosexuality is illegal. | Marriage requirement so it is defacto illegal. As well homosexuality is illegal. But it is not criminalized. |
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| Description | Marriage requirement so it is defacto illegal. | Marriage requirement so it is defacto illegal. As well homosexuality is illegal. |
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| Description | No | Marriage requirement so it is defacto illegal. |