US EditionIraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9
- Iraq plans to lower the age of consent to nine years old, a move criticized as "legalise child rape" by women’s rights activists.
- Ultra-Conservative Shia Muslim parties are pushing to change the existing age of consent from 18, representing a significant shift in women’s rights.
- The proposed law passed its second reading in parliament despite domestic and international backlash against the amendments.
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A new law proposed by Iraq's ultraconservative Shiite Muslim parties seeks to strip women and girls of their rights. The country is ready to lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine to nine, allowing men to marry minors, informs The Telegraph.
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Iraq is likely to amend its marriage laws, which would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine. Currently, Afghanistan has the lowest marriageable age, where girls and boys can marry at 15
Iraq to lower girls' marriage age to 9 years to 'protect' them from 'immoral relationships': Report
Baghdad: Iraqi law sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases. But, Iraq's parliament is considering controversial legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family law matters, a move that rights groups and opponents warn could open the door to the marriage of girls as young as 9. According to a report by The Telegraph, the governing coalition says the move aligns with a strict interpretation of Islamic law an…
Women's rights activists strongly oppose the initiative.
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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 allowing parents to have arranged marriages for their young daughters. Iraq doesn’t have a male guardianship system that requires a female to have the permission of a husband, father or other male guardian to make crucial life decisions — like marr…
Human rights organizations and the UN are concerned about a possible change in the law. The change would also deny women the right to divorce, inheritance and custody of children.
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