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SYRIAN REFUGEE GIRLS DRAW POWERFUL IMAGES OF FORCED MARRIAGE

 

Early and forced marriages among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan have doubled since the start of the civil war

in 2011, a new report has revealed.

 

Early and forced marriage among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan have doubled since the start of the civil war in 2011, a new report has revealed.

 

Rosie Thompson/Save the Children

 

 

Save the Children says extreme poverty and increasing fears of sexual violence among refugee communities

mean some parents feel they have no choice but to marry their daughters to keep them "protected."

 

In pre-conflict Syria, 13% of all marriages involved children, but that rate has doubled among refugees who have fled to Jordan. And 48% of child brides are being forced to marry men ten years older than they are.

 

Rosie Thompson/Save the Children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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