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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The country where the age for marriage can be reduced for girls to nine years. The law is getting closer to being voted on in Parliament

Amnesty International fear changes in Iraq’s Personal Status Law will lead to the legalisation of unregistered unions with child marriage laws dodged

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Girls as young as nine could become child brides under new Iraqi law

Iraq is set to amend 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. If passed, the legal changes will deprive the Iraqi women of rights to divorce, child cus…

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9-Year-Old Girls Could Be Married Off As Iraq Plans To Amend Law: Report

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.

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Iraq to lower age of consent to 9 with sick new law - so old men can wed girls

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 MPsRead More The post Iraq slashes legal age of consent to nine years old – so old men can marry young children appeared first on Drudge Report.

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Iraq slashes legal age of consent to nine years old – so old men can marry young children

Rights activists say the amendment would roll back women's rights and increase underage marriages in the country.

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Iraq to amend marriage laws, allowing men to marry even 9-year-old girls: Report

Iraq is poised to pass a new law that would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing men to marry young girls, according to a new report. The Shia conservative groups that dominate Iraq’s parliament have proposed an amendment to the country’s “personal status law” that could see a Taliban-style rollback... The post Iraq to lower age of consent for girls to just 9 years old and allow men to marry young kids: ‘This law legalizes ch…

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Iraq to lower age of consent for girls to just 9 years old and allow men to marry young kids: ‘This law legalizes child rape’

A new law proposed by ultra conservative Shia Muslim parties seeks to strip women and girls of their rights

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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 “legalise child rape”.

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‘Legalise child rape’: Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine

Amendment set to end freedoms given to women under Law 188

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Iraq 'to pass law' allowing girls as young as nine to marry

The Iraqi authorities intend to lower the age of consent for girls in the country from 18 to 9 years. This is reported by The Mirror. It is alleged that ultra-conservative Muslim parties have applied for a new law repealing the personal status law. The bill passed its second reading in the Iraqi Parliament on September 16. The Iraqi government is confident that such a step will bring the country closer to a more correct interpretation of Islamic…

Власти Ирака намерены понизить в стране возраст согласия для девочек с 18 до 9 лет. Об этом сообщает издание The Mirror. Утверждается, что заявку на принятие нового закона, отменяющего действие закона о личном статусе, подали ультраконсервативные мусульманские партии. Законопроект прошел второе чтение в парламенте Ирака 16 сентября. В правительстве Ирака уверены, что подобный шаг позволит приблизить страну к более правильному толкованию исламско…

В Ираке понизят возраст согласия для девочек до девяти лет

Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9

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