Iraq Debates Law That Would Allow Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls – NPR (blog)
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Iraq Debates Law That Would Allow Men To Marry 9-Year-Old Girls
NPR (blog) Most controversially, the law, proposed by former Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari and passed by the Cabinet, would consider girls adults and thus ready for marriage at 9 years old. "We know that the state of women in Iraq is getting worse, despite … Law proposed in Iraq would allow girls to marry at 9 |
