Lawmakers in Iraq are proposing amendments to the country’s Personal Status Law that could allow marriage for girls as young as 9. Hokyoung Kim for NBC News Dec. 15, 2024, 5:00 AM EST ...

Iraq could allow marriage for girls as young as 9. A survivor says it will fuel rape and child abuse. Lawmakers in Iraq are proposing amendments to the country’s Personal Status Law that could ...

Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious authorities, rather than state law, to govern marriage and inheritance ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi ...

Even with the legal protections currently in place, child marriage remains prevalant in Iraq, with approximately 28% of girls marrying before the age of 18, according to a 2023 UNICEF report.

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that critics say will effectively legalise child marriage for girls as young as nine.. The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will give Islamic ...

Iraq already has a problem with child marriages. As it currently stands, the Personal Status Act (No. 188 of 1959) sets up the minimum age for marriage at 18 years for women and men, with a legal ...

IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of Islami… ...

News; World news; Marriage; Iraq lowers age of consent to just 9 years old in sick new law so old men can marry children Family matters - including marriage, divorce and inheritance - will now be ...

Changes to Iraq’s Personal Status Law could allow girls as young as nine to get married. ... “I don’t want to call it marriage, because when a girl gets married at the age of 9 or 10, ...