Dr. Bayan Kader Rasul, AMARs Deputy Manager in the Kurdish region - TopicsExpress



          

Dr. Bayan Kader Rasul, AMARs Deputy Manager in the Kurdish region of Iraq, presenting at the Girl Widows and Development panel at the 58th UN Commission on the Status of Women, 11th March 2014. She spoke about the horrific proposal for the legal marriage age for Iraqi girls to be 9 and for boys to be 15. Mrs. Behar Ali Aziz, AMARs Manager in the KRG also stated that 7 million Iraqi’s were illiterate . 92% of children attend school but the quality of education varies dramatically. Lack of sanitation and security often results in girls dropping out of education. Culturally girls should be married by 25 or they are outcasts.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:48:07 +0000

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