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This World Refugee Day, recognizing the strength and courage of refugees

20 June 2018
Ghalia survived her ordeal thanks to the support of other refugees.© UNFPA
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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

June 19, 2018

Since its opening in 2015, over 1,800 young women and men in Zaatari refugee camp have benefitted from trainings on reproductive health and gender-based violence at the Questscope-UNFPA Youth Centre. This is the story of 16-year-old Yanal, who became an advocate against child marriage after learning about its harms at the UNFPA-supported youth centre in Zaatari. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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War Torn Girlhood

June 19, 2018

The Syrian crisis has left hundreds of thousands of adolescent girls vulnerable to child marriage and in need of adequate gender-based violence, sexual education and reproductive health services. UNFPA is helping to fill this void in Jordan, where 42,000 Syrian refugees are girls between the ages of 12 and 17. This is Asma's story. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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In Türkiye, a safe haven for Syrian refugee survivors

01 June 2018
Fatima now works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space, helping other women and girls. © UNFPA Türkiye
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Former child brides find brighter future at Türkiye's safe spaces

25 April 2018
Rima*, a 22-year-old mother of two, escaped both violence in Syria and abuse in her home. Today, she works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Türkiye. © UNFPA Türkiye
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A displaced mother’s safe delivery embodies hope for Syria’s future

03 May 2018
Om Mehi Eddin holds newborn daughter Sham, safely delivered with the help of a UNFPA-supported mobile medical team serving evacuees from Eastern Ghouta. © UNFPA Syria
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Press release

Urgent need to save women, girls on the front lines

23 April 2018
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