Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’
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The law is going to a second vote by the country's government, but it has opposition from youth activist groups and from 215 women parliamentary members.
Iraq doesn’t have a male guardianship system that requires a female to have the permission of a husband, father or other male guardian to make crucial life decisions — like marriage. The law would also allow religious authorities to carry out marriages.
The proposed law that’s on its second way through the parliamentary government has been opposed by women in the members of parliament (MP) and activist groups, according to the Guardian.
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