Child marriage

Marital rape
Sexual Violence
Perspectives

In marriages across MENA, consent is fictional and rape is legal

Laws across the MENA still fail to criminalise marital rape, undermining any notion of consent & often silencing survivors, writes Paleki Ayang.

Paleki Ayang
01 December, 2025
Activists hail Kuwait abolishing ‘honour killing’ Penal Code, raising legal marriage age
Kuwait
MENA
Live Story

Activists hail Kuwait abolishing honour killing, child marriage

Nadda Osman
18 March, 2025
Iraqi parliament
Iraqi parliament
MENA
Live Story

Iraq parliament passes disputed laws, could allow child marriage

Dana Taib Menmy
22 January, 2025
Activists demonstrate against female child marriages in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on July 28, 2024,
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Iraq MPs postpone vote on revised bill over child marriage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 December, 2024
Iraq
MENA
Live Story

Amnesty calls for Iraq to drop changes to child marriage law

The New Arab Staff
11 October, 2024
Yemen Girl Woman
Yemen
Society
Live Story

Acid: The face of violence against Yemen's women

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

03 February, 2021
Kameel Ahmady
LGBT
MENA
Live Story

Iran court sentences British-Iranian anthropologist to nine years

The New Arab Staff
14 December, 2020
sudan women protest - Getty
women's rights
MENA
Live Story

Uproar in Sudan after marriage of four-year-old girl

The New Arab Staff
18 June, 2020
Turkey protesters child marriage 2016 - Getty
Turkey
MENA
Live Story

Anger as Turkey lawmakers set to introduce 'marry-your-rapist' bill

The New Arab
23 January, 2020
Mahmoud Abbas
West Bank
MENA
Live Story

Palestinian Authority outlaws child marriage in occupied West Bank

The New Arab
07 November, 2019
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women's rights
Analysis
Live Story

Sudanese women are calling for social justice revolution

Mel Plant
08 March, 2019
Lebanon child marriage -- AFP
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Hundreds protest against child marriage in Lebanon

The New Arab & agencies
04 March, 2019
Facebook thumbs down - Getty
South Sudan
Perspectives

Social media must do more to protect girls' rights

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Susannah Birkwood

11 December, 2018
syrians child marriage [Getty]
UNICEF
MENA
Live Story

New Arab underage divorce investigation wins 'child journalism award'

The New Arab
05 December, 2018
Yemen woman water - Getty
Yemen
Perspectives

In Yemen, women bear the brunt of war

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Afrah Nasser

08 March, 2018
Child Brides -- AFP
underage marriage
Society
Live Story

Outrage in Turkey over 'child marriage green light'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

05 January, 2018
Iraqi students - AFP
women's rights
Perspectives

Iraqi women's rights must be protected

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Zahra Ali

11 December, 2017
Iraqi women campaigning
UK
MENA
Live Story

Iraq withdraws controversial 'child marriage law'

The New Arab
23 November, 2017
Iraqi women campaigning
women's rights
Society
Live Story

Proposed Iraq law could legalise child marriage

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

15 November, 2017
Hawa
Save the Children
Analysis
Live Story

More than 20,000 illegal child marriages every day

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
11 October, 2017
Egyptian MP Ahmed Samih [Youtube]
Twitter reacts
Society
Live Story

Egyptian MP proposes lowering marital age for girls

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

16 August, 2017