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 ...

A controversial bill to reduce the legal marriage age of girls to 9 and boys to 15 has been introduced in Iraq’s parliament. This has caused a lot of concern among human rights groups and women ...

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 'legalises marriage so children as young as nine can tie the knot' ... Mirror reports. It is believed that the law will give a pass to people involved in corruption and embezzlement.

Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases, but the changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule according to their interpretation of Islamic law.

Child marriage has been a prevalent issue in Iraq. A 2023 U.N. survey found that between 2015 and 2021, 28 percent of girls were married before they turned 18.

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 ...

Iraq is set to change its laws to allow men to marry girls as young as nine and strip women of rights around divorce, child custody and inheritance.

As reported by the Mirror, this includes marriage, divorce and inheritance. Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 ...

This includes marriage, divorce and inheritance. Activists say this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified ...