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 ...

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law, which established safeguards for women and unified family law. Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The age of consent at which an individual is considered legally old enough to participate ...