Iraq is poised to pass a new law that would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing men to marry young girls, according to a new report.

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and ...

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.

A sick newly proposed age of consent law would allow old men in Iraq to marry children as young as nine years old, and "legalise child rape" activists claim. Ultra-conservative Shia Muslim parties ...

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 ...

Iraq is set to lower the age of consent to nine years old, a decision that women’s rights activists say will “legalise child rape”.

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 increased authority over family matters.

With Iraq considering lowering the marriage age for girls to nine, Newsweek looks at marriage and consent laws around the world.

Iraq lowers age of consent to 9 years old with sick law to allow old men to marry girls The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce, and ...

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children.

A disturbing new proposal for an age of consent law in Iraq could permit elderly men to marry children as young as nine, effectively "legalising child rape," according to activists. Ultra ...