Child marriages double among Syria refugees in Jordan
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i...92a3ade874.jpgThe number of child marriages has doubled among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan because of poverty and fear of ***ual violence, international agencies said on Wednesday. "Child marriage is devastating for those girls concerned," said Saba al-Mobaslat, Save the Children's country director in Jordan. "Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence than their peers who marry later, and they have much more limited access to ***ual and reproductive health, putting their young bodies at extreme risk if and when they become pregnant." Figures from the UN children's agency UNICEF show that among Syrian refugees in Jordan, the rate of child marriages rose from 18 percent of all marriages in 2012, to 25 percent in 2013.




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