By Ettie Bailey-King on Thursday Aug that is 16th 2018

We updated this website and republished it to mark World Humanitarian 2018 day. It absolutely was initially published in front of the Syria that is supporting and area meeting in February 2016.

Huge numbers of people have experienced their life torn aside because of the devastating civil war in Syria because it started last year. Alarmingly, the conflict has made girls that are syrian susceptible to son or daughter marriage. This is what you should know.

1) A growing amount of Syrian refugee girls are increasingly being hitched due to the conflict.

Youngster wedding is a problem that is growing Syrian girls in refugee communities in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey. In Jordan, for example, numbers show a rise as time passes. Last year, 12percent of registered marriages included a lady underneath the chronilogical age of 18. This figure rose to 18percent in 2012, 25% in 2013 and 32per cent during the early 2014. [1]