Iraq passes shocking amendments allowing child marriage from age nine, sparking international human rights criticism and deep ...

Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups ...

Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.

Roughly three months after Iraqi lawmakers proposed a bill to slash the country’s legal age of consent from 18 to nine years ...

Iraq’s proposal to lower the legal marriage age for girls to as young as 9 isn’t about protection—it’s about controlling and ...

The ‘Personal Status Law’ approved without a parliamentary vote alarms activists and civil society. The fear of a ‘disintegration’ of the family and a step backwards in the rol ...

A former military bride from San Diego came to Concord Tuesday to urge t Legislature to reject a proposal to allow 17-year-olds to marry if one member of the couple is active-duty military. The bill ...

Iraqis have reacted with horror after the country's parliament passed a law allowing children as young as nine to marry. The ...

Iraq’s parliament has passed a law that legalizes child marriage during a parliamentary session in Baghdad, the nation’s capital on Tuesday, January 21. This law amendments grant Islamic ...

ERBIL — A video of a German tourist in Baghdad has sparked outrage after he criticized Iraq’s newly amended Personal Status Law, which human rights organizations warn could legalize child marriage and ...