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Department of Law lecturer speaks at an awareness course on minor marriage problems
2024-09-11
UHD Department of Law lecturer Dr Asos Namiq Brakhas
contributed to a course with a presentation on the issue of minor marriage
(child marriage) in Kurdish society. The course was organised by Investigator
Organisation for the Rule of Law. Minor marriage is an increasing problem in
Kurdish society, and one way to fight it is through raising awareness of school
girls and boys (secondary and high schools). In a lengthy talk to participants of the course, which was
run on the 9th-10th of September, Asos Brakhas shed light
on the problem and highlighted its legal and social consequences. She referred
to some court cases and family disputes that happened recently and made
suggestions on how to encounter them. She also explained why the marriage of
minors should not happen and why/how some courts occasionally allow it. Participants, who were largely teachers from public and
private schools in the city of Sulaymaniyah, agreed at the end of the course
that there should be plans and awareness programmes at schools to help overcome
the problem.