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Iraq: DO NOT ALLOW CHILD MARRIAGE - DO NOT PASS THE JAAFARI-LAW!
Jelena P.
started this petition to
Council of Representatives of Iraq
The Iraqi cabinet has passed the so-called "Jaafari"-law which reduces the minimum age for marriage from 18 to 9 years! So 9-year-old girls could legally get married off to men in future.
We can't allow pedophilia to get into the constitution of a country. Further points of the Jafaari-law:
- after a divorce men automatically get the custody for the kids
- women must not leave the house without the husband's permission
- and husbands have always the right to have sex - even if the women does not agree!
It's not only about religion - consequences could and will be sex tourism in the form of "one night marriages" - where men will be able to marry little girls for one night, buy them, rape them and then get divorced.
To pass this inhuman law definitely, the Parliament has to agree with it - so we need to convince them not to agree on this violation of women's rights! The decision should be made earliest 30th of April.
Please sign this petition and save thousands of lives of young girls!
more sources:
http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Iraq-law-would-allow-9-year-old-girls-to-marry-5319224.php
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Iraqi-bill-to-legalize-child-marriage-criticized-5316674.php
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/03/11/iraq-don-t-legalize-marriage-9-year-olds
http://derstandard.at/1392688095296/Irak-9-jaehrige-Maedchen-sollen-verheiratet-werden-duerfen
We can't allow pedophilia to get into the constitution of a country. Further points of the Jafaari-law:
- after a divorce men automatically get the custody for the kids
- women must not leave the house without the husband's permission
- and husbands have always the right to have sex - even if the women does not agree!
It's not only about religion - consequences could and will be sex tourism in the form of "one night marriages" - where men will be able to marry little girls for one night, buy them, rape them and then get divorced.
To pass this inhuman law definitely, the Parliament has to agree with it - so we need to convince them not to agree on this violation of women's rights! The decision should be made earliest 30th of April.
Please sign this petition and save thousands of lives of young girls!
more sources:
http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Iraq-law-would-allow-9-year-old-girls-to-marry-5319224.php
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Iraqi-bill-to-legalize-child-marriage-criticized-5316674.php
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/03/11/iraq-don-t-legalize-marriage-9-year-olds
http://derstandard.at/1392688095296/Irak-9-jaehrige-Maedchen-sollen-verheiratet-werden-duerfen
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