With Iraq considering lowering the marriage age for girls to nine, Newsweek looks at marriage and consent laws around the ...

A proposed amendment to Iraq’s personal status law, which could lower the legal age of consent from 18 to 9, has sparked outrage and concern across the country. The amendment, spearheaded by dominant ...

The initial proposal to reform the law used the slogan “They’re girls, not wives” and aimed to prevent young girls from being ...

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Colombian representatives erupted in cheers after the country’s senate approved a law prohibiting the marriage of minors on Wednesday, November 13, following a 17-year campaign to ban child ...

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