Secularism is a Women’s IssueAbout two dozen Iraqi women have demonstrated in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers. The proposed new law’s defenders argue that the current personal status law violates sharia religious law. “We believe that this is a crime against humanity” .“It would deprive a girl of her right to live a normal childhood.”
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Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law to permit child marriage
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India: Child marriage statistical data show 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10
3 June 2016, by siawi312 million Indian children under 10 are married, majority of them are Hindu
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Over 20,000 girls married off illegally each day
11 October 2017, by siawi3Child marriage is often deeply the practice can often be entrenched in community traditions and religious customs, despite being outlawed in a growing number of countries
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Iran Won’t Outlaw Marriage of Under-13 Girls, as Islamic Countries Fare Worst in Annual Gender Survey
30 December 2018, by siawi3Lawmakers in Iran have defeated a bid to outlaw the marrying of girls aged nine to 13. Between 30,000 and 40,000 Iranian girls are married under the age of 13, and some 300 at even younger than nine years of age.
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India: Girl child marriage rate highest among SC/ST: NCPCR Report
25 September 2018, by siawi3The prevalence of child marriage in India is the highest amongst Scheduled Tribe girls (15 per cent) followed by Scheduled Castes (13 per cent), according to a report released by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
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Sudan’s Marital Rape Victim Faces Death By Hanging.
30 May 2018, by siawi3Noura will receive psychologicial support in prison to help her overcome the trauma. The “No To Women’s Oppression Coalition†will relentlessly campaign to abolish the death penalty.
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Sudan: Watch This Video and Let’s Get #JusticeForNoura}}
25 May 2018, by siawi3Tomorrow is the last day her sentence can be appealed, and right now in places all around the world — Paris, London, Nairobi, Washington DC and more — petitions are being delivered and rallies are happening to support Noura. Several UN bodies have also asked the Sudanese government for clemency.
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‘No death penalty for Noura, whatever the circumstances’: EU to Sudan
27 May 2018, by siawi3“The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and to apply it to a rape victim only highlights the failure of the Sudanese authorities to acknowledge the violence she endured†.
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Soudan : 1 million de personnes veulent obtenir #JusticePourNoura
23 mai 2018, par siawi3Nous sommes aujourd’hui plus d’1 million de personnes partout dans le monde à demander justice pour Noura. c’est un combat qui pourrait sauver la vie d’une jeune fille qui doit payer le crime de s’être juste défendue contre l’homme qui l’a violée.
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France : « Il faut sauver la jeune Soudanaise condamnée à mort Noura Hussein Hamad  »
23 mai 2018, par siawi3Dans une tribune au « Monde  », plus de cent personnalités demandent un procès équitable pour la jeune Soudanaise condamnée à mort, le 10 mai, dans son pays pour avoir tué son mari alors que ce dernier tentait de la violer.
