Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent

Lowering of the age for girls' consent is shameful!
In Iraq, the Shiite-influenced regime wants to scrap a 65-year-old law that protects girls. The age of legal consent could be lowered from 18 to much, much younger. Iraq has - for the time being at least - legislation protecting little girls and young teenagers from abuse and underage marriage,
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 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 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 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 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's shocking proposal: Lowering consent age to nine years
In Iraq, the ruling authorities are considering lowering the age of consent for young girls from 18 to 9 years. The changes proposed by the Shiite-dominated parliament would also restrict women's rights to divorce,
Iraq Proposes Lowering Legal Age of Consent from 18 to 9
A new proposal by conservative Shiite parties in Iraq seeks to lower the country’s legal marriage age from 18 to 9 years old. This is the Third Attempt to Change the Law According to The Telegraph, the bill would also eliminate women’s rights to divorce,
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