Iraq is about to change its marriage rules, which would enable males to marry young girls by lowering the legal consent age from 18 to 9.
Globally, the proposed law has been criticized. In the meantime, a video purporting to show a young Iraqi girl pregnant has become popular on social media. The video has sent shockwaves across the Internet and most of them are lashing out their anger.
The female with the baby bulge and colorful crackers is shown in the popular video. The 9-year-old girl is identified as Jahira Hamila from Baghdad and is reportedly between three and five months pregnant, according to the widely circulated rumors. She is bursting with multicolored crackers to celebrate her pregnancy. We can see several comments against the video and also the Nation. In this case, if the marriage laws are changed, it would result even worse and netizens are reacting against it.
Many individuals, including international child rights organizations, have spoken out against iraq since the video went viral. india Herald does not, however, attest to the legitimacy of this video. The widely shared video is here and you can watch it below: