When I went to a Baghdad court in May 2023 to interview a judge, I wasn’t expecting to witness a child marriage.

She was just 11 when she was sold into wedlock with a man 36 years her senior. In the nine years since, she said she has been raped, beaten, divorced and returned to her family, who hid her away out ...

Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since Iraq legalized child marriage, and human rights organizations have warned that young girls are being auctioned off in black market sales to ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of ...

The proposal to lower the marriage age for girls to nine years old is based upon teachings in the Koran, Islam’s holy book. The new amendments would legalize pedophilia and legitimize these illegal ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments ...

Amnesty International on Thursday called for Iraqi lawmakers to drop proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law in Iraq, which codifies the rules of marriage and family matters in the country. The ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Proposals that would legalise the marriage of nine-year-old Iraqi girls are unlikely to become law, but indicate the growing role of religion in a country some fear is going down ...

“My husband beats me every day, forces me to have sex with people in hotels and houses, and then brings me back home to do the same thing,” says Nada, a Syrian woman living in Iraq. “I have reached ...