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The Iraqi parliament votes to amend the personal status law in the country

Women Committe

Women Committe Source: SH H

The Iraqi parliament voted to amend the personal status law in the country to permit the marriage of minors, which resulted in angry reactions in the Iraqi street and in Australia as well, and considered many as a catastrophe in the field of women's rights. More on this issue, listen to this interview by Manal Al-Ani talking to the chair person of the women committe in the Iraqi Democratic Movement Mrs. Shahrazad Al-Haider.



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