Summary

Proposed amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law could allow girls as young as 9 to marry, sparking outrage from rights groups and survivors like “Batta,” who endured abuse after being forced into marriage at 11.

The changes would shift decision-making power to clerics, undermining existing protections for women and children established in 1959.

Supporters claim the amendments promote family values, but critics call them a violation of children’s rights and a step toward legalized child abuse.

Activists and lawmakers are working to block the controversial proposal.

    • ManixT@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Cue some damn non-westerners who think that the Soviet Union and China didn’t/don’t suppress religion.

      Are you an AI or just completely ignorant of history? It is literally a defining attribute of communism.