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From the New York Post: 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.
The chance would allow young girls to be married off and put nearly all family decisions in the hands of religious authorities, said Raya Faiq, who is coordinating a challenge against the bill with female Iraqi representatives.
“This is a catastrophe for women,” Faiq told The Guardian. “This law legalizes child rape.”
Iraq previously outlawed child marriages in the 1950s.
The report explains that the Shia coalition has tried to amend the personal status law twice in the past, lowering the age of consent from 18 to 9, but backlash from Iraqi women defeated both attempts.
However, now the Shia coalition holds a majority in the Iraq Parliament, and they’re reportedly about to ram the bill through. The bill would also remove women’s rights to divorce, child custody and inheritance, the Post writes.
Alia Nassif, an Iraqi rep, said in a statement to The Guardian, “Unfortunately, male MPs who support this law speak in a masculine way, asking, ‘What’s wrong with marrying a minor?’ Their thinking is narrow minded.”
Iraq is legalizing child marriage and lowering the age of consent to just 9.
Iraqi women’s rights activist risks her life and confronts an iman who sponsored the bill.
“You’re following Muhamad who married 9-year-old Aisha 1400 years ago. That is not normal in today’s world!” pic.twitter.com/JnpUT3RUF5
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) November 9, 2024
Iraq is set to lower the legal age of consent for girls to just 9, with plans to amend the 1959 personal status law. This move will not only legalize child marriages but also strip women of critical rights like divorce, custody, and inheritance. pic.twitter.com/QzTvwahGwq
— Habib Khan (@HabibKhanT) November 10, 2024
Proposed Iraqi law change would ‘legalise child rape’, say activists https://t.co/OqFn5noSJ3 pic.twitter.com/JPJbfaX8DU
— Guardian Weekly (@guardianweekly) August 9, 2024
The Iraqi new status personal law legalize the child marriage at age of 9 years old and it’s depending on sharia law!
Iraq influenced by lslamic regime in Iran is processing to pass the law in parliament!pic.twitter.com/VFRQQt7B6U
— Azat (@AzatAlsalim) August 21, 2024
In Iraq, the ruling regime is debating lowering the age of consent to 9 to facilitate child marriage. Post a picture of yourself at that age to show the world what that actually looks like. Here’s me, around the age of 10, together with some of my classmates. pic.twitter.com/A3cXYDpbKx
— Sarah Vine (@WestminsterWAG) November 10, 2024
Iraq is legalizing child marriage and lowering the age of consent from 18 to just 9 in girls.
Libya is imposing Taliban-style sharia rules on women, mandating hijab and banning solo female Travel
Afghanistan won’t let women speak to each other
Islamic Republic occupying Iran… pic.twitter.com/wm78wge1qg
— Solzzzzzzzzzzzz (@solysolz) November 9, 2024
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