Editing Age of consent (section)

====Gender-age differentials====
In some jurisdictions (such as [[Indonesia]]<ref name="Indonesia">{{cite web |url=http://www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/csaIndonesia.asp |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20080229151529/http://www.interpol.int/Public/Children/SexualAbuse/NationalLaws/csaIndonesia.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 February 2008 |title=Sexual Offences Laws – Indonesia |publisher=Interpol |access-date=5 September 2009 }}</ref>), there are different ages of consent for heterosexual sexual activity that are based on the gender of each person. In countries where there are gender-age differentials, the age of consent may be higher for girls—for example in [[Papua New Guinea]], where the age of consent for heterosexual sex is 16 for girls and 14 for boys,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paclii.org/pg/LRC/WP_1.htm |title=Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS: Existing Law of Papua New Guinea |publisher=Paclii.org |access-date=14 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419132305/http://www.paclii.org/pg/LRC/WP_1.htm |archive-date=19 April 2012 }}</ref> or they may be higher for males, such as in Indonesia, where males must be 19 years old and females must be 16 years old.<ref name="Indonesia" /> There are also numerous jurisdictions—such as Kuwait<ref name="Kuwait">{{cite web |url=http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/2f5665ae20b956cb8025675a0033cafb?Opendocument |title=Summary record of the 488th meeting : Kuwait |publisher=Committee on the Rights of the Child |access-date=5 September 2009 }}</ref> and [[Palestinian National Authority|the Palestinian Territories]]<ref name="Palestine">{{cite web |url=https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/islamic-family-law/home/research/legal-profiles/palestinepalestinian-territories-of-west-bank-and-gaza-strip/ |title=Islamic Family Law: Palestine / Palestinian Territories of West Bank and Gaza Strip |publisher=Emory University School of Law |year=2002 |access-date=5 December 2022 }}</ref>—in which [[Islamic marital jurisprudence|marriage laws]] govern the gender-age differential. In these jurisdictions, it is illegal to have sexual intercourse outside of marriage, so the ''de facto'' age of consent is the marriageable age. In Kuwait, this means that boys must be at least 17 and girls at least 15 years old.