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SYRIA - WOMEN REFUGEES FLEE FROM
ARMED CONFLICT & GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, CROSS BORDERS TO MORE UNCERTAINTIES
IRC - More than 75% of assisted Syrian refugees are women and children. The targeting of civilians is well documented. But sexual violence against women and girls receives little attention. Cultural norms often prevent survivors from reporting sexual assault.....Gender-based violence is clearly identified as a key reason why women and girls flee Syria.
Syrian
women face violence and exploitation as they flee protracted violence.As
many as 150,000 refugees have found refuge in Jordan since the start of
the Syrian conflict 17 months ago. Some 75% are women and children. IRC -
International Rescue Committee
A Syrian-Kurdish refugee woman carries a container as she
walk along a road in the Domiz refugee camp, 20 km southeast of Dohuk city, in
northern
A Syrian refugee
woman holds her 3-week-old baby born in