Iraq 'To Pass Law' Allowing Girls As Young As 9 To Marry

Iraq 'to pass law' allowing girls as young as nine to marry while stripping women of other rights
Iraq 'to pass law' allowing girls as young as nine to marry while stripping women of other rights - Amendment set to end freedoms given to women under Law 188
Iraq Closer To Amending Law That Allows Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls: Report
Iraq is closer to amending its marriage laws which would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing old men to marry young girls, according to a report in The Telegraph. Dominant Shia Muslim parties in the Iraqi Parliament have proposed an amendment to the country's "personal status law" that could see a Taliban-style rollback of all women's rights.
Iraq to lower age of consent to 9 years old with sick new law - so old men can wed girls
The new law would allow men to marry children as young as nine years old and has been branded a "catastrophe for women" by activists who are fighting to stop it.
What Is Law 188? Iraq To Allow Men To Marry Girls As Young As 9
Iraqi parliament proposed an amendment to Law 188 that would lower the legal marriage age to nine and limit women’s rights to divorce, child custody, and inheritance. Rights activists warn these changes would undermine women's legal protections,
Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine
Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and inheritance.
Iraq slashes legal age of consent to nine years old – so old men can marry young children
The new law would repeal one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the Middle East, and has sparked a massive campaign from Iraqi women, with the support of some MPs
Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’
The law is going to a second vote by the country's government, but it has opposition from youth activist groups and from 215 women parliamentary members.
Iraq Proposes Lowering Legal Age of Consent from 18 to 9
A new proposal by conservative Shiite parties in Iraq seeks to lower the country’s legal marriage age from 18 to 9 years old. This is the Third Attempt to Change the Law According to The Telegraph, the bill would also eliminate women’s rights to divorce,
Iraq 'To Pass Law' Allowing Girls As Young As Nine To Marry
Iraq is set to change its laws to allow men to marry girls as young as nine and strip women of rights around divorce, child custody and inheritance.The country’s ruling conservative Shia Muslim parties are set to vote through amendments to the Law 188 - which was passed by a more progressive government in 1959.
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‘Legalise child rape’: Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine
Iraq is set to lower the legal age of consent from nine years old, a decision that women’s rights activists say will ...