News & Views Iraq’s parliament allows minimum age of marriage to drop to 9 The Iraqi parliament has passed a new law, giving religious authorities the power to legalise marriages of children as young as nine.
News & Views Iraq set to lower the age of consent to just nine years old Girls as young as nine could be forced into marriage in Iraq, as conservative groups in parliament push to lower the age of consent.
World Akec Makur Chuot’s sister was forced into child marriage. The former AFLW player is making sure it never happens again Her name is Neha. When she was 14, she received a marriage proposal from a much older man. When former AFLW player Akec Makur Chuot read Neha’s story, she was reminded of her little sister.
News & Views ‘A historic moment’: Sierra Leone criminalises child marriage Sierra Leone’s government has passed a historic bill that will criminalise the act of child marriage in the west African nation.
News & Views The climate crisis is an emergency for girls’ rights globally The number of girls at “extreme risk” due to climate change and child marriage will increase by 33 per cent to 40 million by 2050.
Hunger, health & famine Child marriage and sexual violence rates surge in Africa as hunger crisis spreads Across eight countries in Africa, food shortages are leading to a soaring rate of violence against girls and women.
News & Views Former NZ PM Helen Clark: COVID has made life harder for women and girls worldwide A new study by World Vision found that an additional 3.3 million children are at greater risk of child marriage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
