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Even with the legal protections currently in place, child marriage remains prevalant in Iraq, with approximately 28% of girls marrying before the age of 18, according to a 2023 UNICEF report ...
"Married underage girls are subjected to physical and psychological suffering. Iraqi law now sets the legal age for marriage at 18 without parental approval. Girls as young as 15 can be married ...
Amnesty International fear changes in Iraq’s Personal Status Law will lead to the legalisation of unregistered unions with child marriage laws dodged Girls as young as nine could become child ...
Specifically, most marriages are traditionally arranged by parents without the bride and groom having met beforehand, although there are cases where a boy might notice a girl, and the boy's mother intervenes. Then, the girl's family is contacted to propose marriage, presenting her family and the boy to spark the curiosity of the girl's family.
The minimum age of marriage in Iran is 15 for men and 13 for women. [72] [73] Ways around these regulations include temporary marriages (Nikah mut'ah). [74] With the permission of a court, girls may marry at a younger age. In 2010, as many as 42,000 children aged between 10 and 14 were married, [75] and 716 girls younger than 10 had wed. [76]
A marry-your-rapist law, marry-the-rapist law, or rape-marriage law is a rule of rape law in a jurisdiction under which a man who commits rape, sexual assault, statutory rape, abduction or other similar act is exonerated if he marries his female victim, or in some jurisdictions at least offers to marry her. The "marry-your-rapist" law is a ...
Overall attendance during the Iraq War was 68% amongst young girls compared to 82% of young boys, while girls in rural areas had a mere 25% attendance rate. [ 28 ] [ 27 ] The wars forced women to work in agriculture rather than pursue a degree as necessary items such as food and water started to become more scarce and expensive. [ 25 ]
However, in 146 [of those] countries, state or customary law allows girls younger than 18 to marry with the consent of parents or other authorities; in 52 countries, girls under age 15 can marry with parental consent. In contrast, 18 is the legal age for marriage without consent among males in 180 countries.