BAGHDAD — She was just 11 when she was sold into wedlock with a man 36 years her senior. In the nine years since, she said ...

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old ...

(Beirut) – 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 ...

Amnesty International on Thursday called for Iraqi lawmakers to drop proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law in Iraq, which codifies the rules of marriage and family matters in the country. The ...

FILE - Protesters gather to demonstrate against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s ...

A proposed amendment to Iraq's family legislation could "hand more power in family matters to clerics" and, alarmingly, "open the door for marriage to be legalised for children as young as nine years ...

“My husband beats me every day, forces me to have sex with people in hotels and houses, and then brings me back home to do the same thing,” says Nada, a Syrian woman living in Iraq. “I have reached ...

Despite being illegal under article 10 of the Personal Status Law (1959), which governs all family matters for Muslims in Iraq, marriages entered into outside of the Personal Status Court continue to ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and critics are concerned the move may spark a rise in child marriages.

BAGHDAD — She was just 11 when she was sold into wedlock with a man 36 years her senior. In the nine years since, she said, she has been raped, beaten, divorced and returned to her family, who hid her ...