Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent

Map Shows Marriage and Consent Ages Around the World
With Iraq considering lowering the marriage age for girls to nine, Newsweek looks at marriage and consent laws around the world.
Iraq law could lower age of consent for girls to nine
One country is attempting to allow men to marry young girls. Many see this as a way to satisfy sick urges and hold women down.
Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’
The law is going to a second vote by the country's government, but it has opposition from youth activist groups and from 215 women parliamentary members.
Iraq to lower age of consent for girls to just 9 years old and allow men to marry young kids: ‘This law legalizes child rape’
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’s parliament have proposed an amendment to the country’s “personal status law” that could see a Taliban-style rollback of all women’s rights.
Iraq to lower age of consent to 9 years old with sick new law - so old men can wed girls
The new law would allow men to marry children as young as nine years old and has been branded a "catastrophe for women" by activists who are fighting to stop it.
Iraq Closer To Amending Law That Allows Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls: Report
Iraq is closer to amending its marriage laws which would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing old men to marry young girls, according to a report in The Telegraph. Dominant Shia Muslim parties in the Iraqi Parliament have proposed an amendment to the country's "personal status law" that could see a Taliban-style rollback of all women's rights.
Iraq slashes legal age of consent to nine years old – so old men can marry young children
The new law would repeal one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the Middle East, and has sparked a massive campaign from Iraqi women, with the support of some MPs
Iraq to Amend Marriage Laws, Allowing Men to Marry 9-year-old Girls
Iraq is set to amend a marriage law that will allow men to marry girls as young as nine years of age. The country will lower the age of consent from 18 to 9 years.According to a report,
Back to medieval times? Iraqi men can marry children as young as 9; government lowers the age of consent for girls
Iraq stands at the brink of a legal upheaval that could change the course of womens rights in the country. With a proposal to lower the age of consent for girls to just nine and strip women of key protections like divorce,
Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine
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 inheritance.
Iraq set to amend marriage law, allowing men to marry 9-year-old girls
Iraq's parliament, dominated by Shia conservatives, is considering a law that would lower the legal age of marriage for girls to 9. This controversial amendment, facing strong opposition from women and human rights groups,
In Iraq, men may soon be allowed to marry 9-year-olds. What are world's lowest marriage ages?
Iraq is likely to amend its marriage laws, which would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine. Currently, Afghanistan ...
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‘Legalise child rape’: Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine
Iraq is set to lower the legal age of consent from nine years old, a decision that women’s rights activists say will ...