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 ...

In Iraq, marriage can be forever or for a few minutes. By Nancy Trejos in Baghdad. January 26, ... FATIMA ALI was a 24-year-old divorcee with no high school certificate and no job.

As children under nine-years-old could be legally married and wives forced to comply with sexual demands in Iraq, Hannah Strange argues it is time to engage with Iraq, ...

Rights Groups Decry Iraq Child-Marriage Bill 2 minute read A schoolgirl passes by a banner that reads, "the Jaafari Personal Status Law saves my rights and my dignity," in Baghdad, March 13, 2014.

A new law in Iraq, which could legalise marriage for children as young as nine is being described as “catastrophic”. The proposal, which activists said would set back women’s rights by 50 years, is an ...

A CONTENTIOUS draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married and would require wives to submit to sex on their husband's whim.

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.

A CONTENTIOUS draft law being considered in Iraq could open the door to girls as young as nine getting married and would require wives to submit to sex on their husband's whim.