A proposed amendment to Iraq’s personal status law ... The proposed change is a stark departure from the 1959 law (Law 188) that transferred family law authority from religious figures to the state ...

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A drafted law, pushed by Shia political parties, would allow Iraqis to turn to religious authorities for resolving family matters, including child marriage. This proposal is pending a vote in ...

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The amendment is intended to protect the young girls from "immoral relationships", the ruling coalition has said.

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The government in Iraq wants to severely curtail women's rights. Among other things, the age of consent for marriage is to be ...

Iraq's proposed amendment to Law 188 could lower the legal marriage age to just nine, sparking outrage among women's rights ...

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 ...

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's Parliament, largely controlled by a coalition of conservative Shia Muslim parties, is poised to vote on a change that ...