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. The Shia conservative groups that dominate ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that ... through the marriage of girls at an early age, which violates their right to life as children, and will disrupt the protection mechanisms ...

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 ...

An amendment to Iraq's 1959 Personal Status law could theoretically ... In many countries, the legal age of consent ranges from 11 to 21. The map categorizes countries by their specific age ...

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 ...