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Iraq: Don’t legalise child marriage

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To Iraq’s Parliament, and its diplomatic and trading partners:

Legalising child marriage for girls as young as 9, and taking women’s basic rights away, would cause irreparable damage to millions of lives, and to Iraq’s image. As citizens all around the world, we urge you to do everything in your power to stop this horrendous law.
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Iraq: Don’t legalise child marriage
This would legalise child rape.

MPs in Iraq’s male-dominated Parliament want to make it legal to force girls as young as 9 years old to get married. And they’re fighting dirty – trading girls’ and women’s rights for political favours.

Iraqi women are risking their freedom and personal safety to save little girls from this horror – and they’re asking our global community to stand with them.

There’s a sliver of hope: twice before, a massive backlash stopped attempts to gut longstanding protections for girls and women, and local activists say that rallying global public opinion, and pressure on the government ahead of key elections, can still make a difference. The vote could happen any day, so add your name NOW, and we’ll help spread Iraqi women’s voices far and wide!


*The image used for this campaign is of a young Italian actress at an event to denounce child marriage in Italy.

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