{"id":124674,"date":"2024-11-11T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T10:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124674"},"modified":"2024-11-11T17:48:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T10:48:26","slug":"iraq-law-could-lower-a-girls-age-of-consent-as-an-adult-from-18-to-9-it-legalizes-child-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124674","title":{"rendered":"Iraq law could lower a girl\u2019s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it \u2018legalizes child rape\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Young girls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Iraq<\/a> who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl\u2019s consent from 18 to age 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">This includes allowing parents to have arranged marriages for their young daughters.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq doesn\u2019t 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 \u2014 like marriage. The law would also allow religious authorities to carry out marriages.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed law that\u2019s on its second way through the parliamentary government has been opposed by women in the members of parliament (MP) and activist groups, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/article\/2024\/aug\/09\/proposed-iraqi-law-change-would-legalise-child-say-activists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pentagon-plans-shrink-us-footprint-iraq-declines-say-how-much\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PENTAGON PLANS TO SHRINK US &#8216;FOOTPRINT&#8217; IN IRAQ, BUT DECLINES TO SAY BY HOW MUCH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/gettyimages-2031350676-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Iraqi girl\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>An Iraqi girl lights a candle outside the Imam al-Mahdi shrine during a ceremony on the 15th of the Islamic month of Shaaban marking his birth, two weeks ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, in Iraq&#8217;s central city of Karbala on February 25, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(MOHAMMED SAWAF\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is a catastrophe for women,&#8221; said Raya Faiq, the coordinator for a coalition of groups opposing the law change, which also includes some Iraqi MPs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My husband and my family oppose child marriage. But imagine if my daughter gets married and my daughter\u2019s husband wants to marry off my granddaughter as a child. The new law would allow him to do so. I would not be allowed to object. This law legalizes child rape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new law would bring back a Taliban-style of slashing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/healthy-living\/womens-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s rights<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/gettyimages-2021171754-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Iraqi girls\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Young Iraqi girls who have reached the age of wearing a hijab, are clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq&#8217;s southern city of Basra on February 21, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(HUSSEIN FALEH\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iraqi citizens have protested on the streets of the country\u2019s capital, Baghdad, and other cities around the country. The protests have been met with clashes against local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Although marriage under the age of 18 has been a national law since the 1950s, a survey by Unicef found that 28% of girls in Iraq got married before they turned 18.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/senate-passes-bill-protect-kids-online-make-tech-companies-accountable-harmful-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SENATE PASSES BILL TO PROTECT KIDS ONLINE AND MAKE TECH COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR HARMFUL CONTENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nadia Mahmood, co-founder of the Iraq-based Aman Women\u2019s Alliance, said the male-dominated MP in Iraq feels threatened by a movement of youth organizations and women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/oct\/27\/anti-government-protesters-defy-bloody-crackdown-in-iraq\"><u>mass youth <\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/oct\/27\/anti-government-protesters-defy-bloody-crackdown-in-iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>protests<\/u> <\/a>which took place in Iraq in 2019, these political players saw that the role of women had begun to strengthen in society,&#8221; said, according to a report by the Guardian. &#8220;They felt that feminist, gender and women\u2019s organizations, plus civil society and activist movements, posed a threat to their power and status \u2026 [and] began to restrict and suppress them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/gettyimages-2021165265-scaled.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Iraqi girls\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Young Iraqi girls who have reached the age of wearing a hijab, are clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organized at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq&#8217;s southern city of Basra on February 21, 2024.<\/span> <span>(HUSSEIN FALEH\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There have been 25 female members of Iraq\u2019s government who tried stopping the proposed law from going to a second vote, but they say the strong opposition by their male MP colleagues has made it nearly impossible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, male MPs who support this law speak in a masculine way, asking what\u2019s wrong with marrying a minor? Their thinking is narrow-minded. They don\u2019t take into consideration that they are the legislators that determine people\u2019s fate \u2026 but rather follow their masculine thinking to authorize all this,&#8221; said Alia Nassif, an Iraqi MP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Protesters fear that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/healthy-living\/childrens-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/healthy-living\/childrens-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children <\/a>could face an even harsher future than their own if the law changes are adopted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have one daughter, I don\u2019t want her to be forced like me to marry as a child,&#8221; said Azhar Jassim, who had to leave school to be married at 16.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/iraq-law-could-lower-girls-age-consent-adult-from-18-9-legalizes-child-rape\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. 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