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| Girls forced into child marriage by Syrian war, other disasters |
| 2015-10-02 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Humanitarian and natural disasters are leading to an increase in child marriage, particularly among Syrian refugees, according to campaign group Girls Not Brides. The London based group which works with 500 organizations around the world points to the Syrian refugee crisis and the Bangladesh floods as examples of how humanitarian disasters are leading to more girls being married off at a young age. The group says child-marriage has a devastating impact on the 15 million girls that are married off, usually to older men, every year around the world |
| Posted by:Fred |