Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink - Coptic Solidarity
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Legalizing child marriage in Iraq: Stepping back from the brink - Coptic Solidarity
By Sareta Ashraph – The Atlantic Council – The first quarter of 2025 saw widespread concern that the Iraqi government was, through its amendments to the 1959 Personal Status Law, legalizing child marriage and eroding human rights protections of women and girls. Child marriage, and specifically the marriage of young girls to adult men, remains a long-standing problem in many parts of Iraq, even when forbidden under law. Tribal and religious leade…
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