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Iraq to consider allowing men to marry girls as young as nine

Iraq is on the verge of a setback in the fight against child marriage as a new proposed law seeks to lower the legal age of consent from 18 to 9, potentially allowing men to marry young girls. As reported by Times of India, the conservative Shia Muslim-dominated parliament is pushing to amend the country’s "personal status law" that would not only lower the marriage age but also strip women of their rights to divorce, child custody, and

| Monday November 11, 2024
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