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2024-08-07 19:02:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5803BE12E943F360F3E4D9F71560F7EAC7C3B07A03BE7562304C4F1C1CA60856
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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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