From Human Rights Watch (HRW). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
Iraq: Personal Status Law Amendment Sets Back Women's Rights
After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women's and girls' rights to equality before the law and puts them at risk of other abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Persistent pressure and advocacy by women's rights groups partly reduced the amendment's harm by retaining provisions for the minimum age of marriage, child custody, and polygamy, but the amended law contains other provisions that threaten women's and girls' rights.
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