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2024-08-07 20:15:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 32E3537AC533EF6D97F1A0B207DD70FB5B86D146FD2FD1542856E6B7F613E67A
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This is a lie. The current law is considered to be the most protective of women's rights in the Middle East. It sets the legal age of marriage and consent to 18 years old. A proposed bill would allow Shiites marriage for girls as young as nine and boys at fifteen https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/08/07/degrading-draft-bill-that-could-legalise-child-marriage-causes-outcry-in-iraq/
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