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New study finds child marriage rising among most vulnerable Syrian refugees

calendar_today 30 January 2017

New study finds child marriage rising among most vulnerable Syrian refugees

A girl dresses as a bride for a march against child marriage and gender-based violence in Jezzine, Lebanon. © RET Liban United Nations, New York/Beirut, Lebanon …

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Mother and Child Say "No" to Child Marriage in Zaatari

calendar_today 12 July 2016

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Mother and Child Say "No" to Child Marriage in Zaatari

Mother and Child Say "No" to Child Marriage in Zaatari

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Say #IDONT to fight child marriage this Valentine's Day

calendar_today 05 January 2016

Say #IDONT to fight child marriage this Valentine's Day

Syrian refugees in front of the tent where Haneen and her family previously lived in southern Lebanon. © UNFPA/David Brunetti NABATIEH, Lebanon – In…

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Brushes and blushes: Livelihood skills help Syrian refugee escape child marriage

calendar_today 11 March 2015

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Brushes and blushes: Livelihood skills help Syrian refugee escape child marriage

When Hiam, a 13-year-old Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, learned her parents wanted her to marry a complete stranger, she felt helpless. But she saw a way out after hearing of a…

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A Promising Practice: Empowering Internal Security Forces to Play a Positive Role in Responding to GBV

calendar_today 13 November 2013

A Promising Practice: Empowering Internal Security Forces to Play a Positive Role in Responding to GBV

Since 2012, and in partnership with local NGO, KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation, UNFPA Lebanon has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative aiming at filling a gap within the…

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A Family Secret

calendar_today 13 November 2013

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A Family Secret

At the end of the discussion, a lady, making sure all the participants had left the room, approached us, shyly. She asked “are you going to talk about violence happening at home?”…

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"We Have to Survive"

calendar_today 13 November 2013

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"We Have to Survive"

arly marriage rates grow in times of crisis. The International Rescue Committee’s assessment conducted in August 2012 identified early marriage and survival sex as other forms of…

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Haunting Stories

calendar_today 13 November 2013

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Haunting Stories

Stories of rape are many among Syrian displaced women in Lebanon. They are often stories that happened to others. Hajji Nazira is 67 years old, she speaks about what she saw in…

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UNFPA Launches ICPD Arab Media Contest

calendar_today 25 June 2013

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UNFPA Launches ICPD Arab Media Contest

In the context of the United Nations review of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD PoA) commonly referred to as ICPD Beyond 2014…

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