Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in ...

News; UK & World; Children; Iraq lowers age of consent to just 9 years old so old men can marry children in sick new law Three divisive laws have now been passed which give Islamic courts ...

A new law proposed by ultra conservative Shia Muslim parties seeks to strip women and girls of their rights Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to ...

A bill proposed in October could get rid of the minimum age for Muslim girls to marry. ... 'License To Rape': Proposed Law Allows Little Girls To Be Married Off In Iraq, ...

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”. The amendment to the country’s “personal ...

Marriage with ‘parental consent’ was previously legal above the age of 16 in the UK – meaning that without her knowledge, Payzee’s parents arranged for her to get married to a 30-year-old man.

The age of consent is a strange way to measure adulthood. Setting a definite minimum age for teenagers to engage in sexual activity is like a hopeless game of Battleship: sometimes the target is ...

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 ...

Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which established safeguards for women and unified family law. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that critics say would effectively legalise child marriage with girls as young as nine. The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over ...