Reuters In Iraq, women’s and girls’ rights are in a downward spiral. Legalising child marriages, the country is on the verge of reducing the marriageable age for women from 18 to nine. The proposed ...

Iraq is set to amend a marriage law that will allow men to marry girls as young as nine years of age. The country will lower the age of consent from 18 to 9 years. According to a report ...

Some clerics interpret Shariah to allow marriage of girls in their early teens--or as young as 9 under the Jaafari school of Islamic law followed by many Shiite religious authorities in Iraq.

Iraq's parliament, dominated by Shia conservatives, is considering a law that would lower the legal age of marriage for girls to 9. This controversial amendment, facing strong opposition from ...

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 ...

In a shocking development, Iraq has proposed an amendment to the personal status law, which is known as Law 188. It could lower a girl’s age of consent from 18 to nine. The world is angry about it as ...

Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl’s consent from 18 to age 9.

While Iraq has outlawed marriage under the age of 18 for almost 70 years, a 2023 UNICEF survey found that 28 per cent of girls in Iraq had married before they reached 18 because of a loophole in ...

Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl’s consent from 18 to age 9.

Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl’s consent from 18 to age 9. This includes ...

Iraq plans to amend its marriage laws, potentially allowing girls as young as nine to marry, raising alarms about the erosion of women's rights. Iraq is on the verge of enacting amendments to its ...