The silence of a “virgin girl” in Afghanistan can be treated as consent to marriage under a new family law decree introduced by the Taliban. The 31-article regulation, titled ‘Principles of Separation Between Spouses’, was approved by Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. It outlines rules governing marriages involving minors, annulments and the authority of male…
Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.” Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since Iraq legalized child marriage, and human rights organizations have warned that young girls are being auctioned off in black market sales to older men,…
Goli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10bn tomans in a diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being put to death by the Islamic regime. Goli Koukhan, a child bride and victim of domestic violence, was spared the death penalty in Iran after she was able to raise sufficient diyah (blood money)…