Egypt's new personal status law sparks debate over women's financial rights, marital assets, and whether wives can claim wealth built through shared labour.
Egypt is not alone in confronting this. Malaysia has long recognised matrimonial property through harta sepencarian — jointly acquired marital assets — with courts weighing both direct and indirect contributions, including unpaid domestic work.
Morocco's 2004 Moudawana reforms went further, allowing couples to agree on managing jointly acquired assets and, in the absence of such agreement, permitting judges to assess each spouse's contribution.
Egypt's proposed addendum follows similar logic, but without the judicial discretion Morocco built in as a safeguard.
Very interesting and informative article. And a situation not unknown to women in the UK.
https://www.newarab.com/features/egypts-new-family-law-leaves-wives-without-asset-rights