March 18, 2014 | |
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by: | Rebecca Silus |
located in: | Iraq |
tags: | child marriage, developing countries, girls, Iraq, malnutrition, nutrition, rape, women's rights |
Scaling Up Nutrition (Sun) is spearheading the movement by enlisting 45 countries to participate in its movement, which combines a multi-sectoral approach to tackle improved nutrition on organizational, political, and quantitative levels. [The Guardian, Scaling Up Nutrition]
Iraq considers a law that would allow nine year old girls to marry and make it legal for husbands to rape their wives. Human rights activists and many Iraqis see the bill as a step backwards for women’s rights. In addition to its provisions for child marriage and spousal rape, the bill would require women to obtain their husband’s permission before leaving the house and restrict their parental custody rights. [Huffington Post]
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