E/C.12/IRQ/CO/4 (f) Take specific measures to provide psychological and other necessary support services and recovery to women and girls freed from ISIL and ensure that they are not further subject to tribal violence. Harmful practices: early, temporary and forced marriages 41. The Committee is concerned about the revival of early, temporary and forced marriages in the State party (art. 10). 42. The Committee urges the State party to take the steps necessary to address the rise of harmful practices against girls and women, including early, temporary and forced marriage. It should, among other things, ensure strict adherence to the legal provision that sets the minimum age for marriage for both sexes at 18, provide for deterrent punishments for forced marriages and conduct widespread educational campaigns on the harmful effects of such practices. Child protection 43. The Committee expresses its concern about the large number of children who have lost their parents, many of whom live in the street (about 500,000) or in State hostels. The Committee further expresses its concern about the rise in child labour in the State party, including under hazardous conditions, and that sanctions for those violating child labour provisions are not enforced. Moreover, the Committee is concerned about the increased use of children in the armed conflict, notably by ISIL and affiliated armed groups but also by State-backed militias, and the insufficient safeguards to prevent the recruitment of children (art. 10). 44. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt an overarching child protection policy, paying special attention to: (a) Strengthening its alternative care programme for children without a family environment, with adequate human, technical and financial resources to facilitate their recovery and social reintegration; (b) Addressing more effectively the situation of child labour, including by increasing labour inspections and identifying, as a matter of priority, those groups of children who are more vulnerable to being engaged in labour and assisting them, and introducing harsher sanctions for those exploiting children; (c) Combating the root causes that lead to the increased involvement of children in the armed conflict, adopting legal and other safeguards to prevent child recruitment and bringing to justice all those involved in the recruitment and use of children in the armed conflict; (d) Fulfilling its obligations to provide demobilized boys and girls with appropriate assistance for their physical and psychological recovery and their social reintegration. Poverty 45. The Committee is concerned about the prevalence of poverty in the State party, which disproportionately affects children, women, minorities, internally displaced persons and people living in rural areas. The Committee notes with concern that previous economic growth in the years 2005-2012 did not yield satisfactory results in reducing poverty (art. 11). 46. The Committee recommends that the State party step up its efforts to reduce poverty in the State party, including by adopting a human-rights-based poverty 8