Disruptions In Foreign Aid: What’s At Stake for The World’s Children
Children around the globe rely on UNICEF programs to survive, grow and thrive — programs that lift societies and make the ...
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Map Shows Marriage and Consent Ages Around the World
An amendment to Iraq's 1959 Personal Status law could theoretically make ... especially in economically disadvantaged communities where child marriage is already prevalent. Ages for consent ...
Iraq Passes Law Critics Say Could Legalize Child Marriage
When the Personal Status Law was passed six decades ago ... This is a horrifying assault on children's rights and human dignity. The world must unite to end child marriage." ...
Marriages in China plunge by a record in 2024, fanning birthrate concerns
Marriages in China plummeted by a fifth last year, the biggest drop on record, despite manifold efforts by authorities to ...
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Africa’s Traditional Leaders Taking the Lead on Ending Child Marriage
West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with a prevalence rate of 41 percent in 2018. This year, Save the Children ...
Lost futures, marital rape, and exploitation: How child marriages in Iraq commodify women
Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...
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Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalizes child marriage
Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...
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Critics say new bill passed by Iraqi lawmakers opens door to child marriage
Iraq's parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...
Times Union20d
Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalizes child marriage
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The ...