Critics say that the amendment, which would create separate family law tracks for Sunni and Shiite Iraqis, would allow legal child marriage and harm women’s status.

Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over ...

A 45-year-old groom allegedly married a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan in a wedding that left even the Taliban “horrified”.

Girls as young as nine could enter marriages under new measures being proposed in Iraq that could also see divorce protections for women revoked, human rights campaigners have warned. Amnesty ...

Lawmakers in Iraq are proposing amendments to the country’s Personal Status Law that could allow marriage for girls as young as 9.

Iraq's parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage.

Iraq passes bill that critics say legalises child marriage Activists argue the new laws will erode safeguards for women Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Stella Martany Tuesday 21 January 2025 17:15 GMT ...

IRBIL, Iraq -- Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13.

IRBIL, Iraq — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13.

Saadoun’s marriage was illegal, though a judge — who was related to the husband — signed off on it. Iraqi law sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases. But such child marriages ...