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

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…

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.

Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’

close Video We left Iraq worse than we found it: RFK, Jr. 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses the history of 9/11 on ‘Your World.’ 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 h…

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

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…