Syrian Refugees Struggle To Protect Daughters From Exploitation

Syrian Refugees Struggle To Protect Daughters From Exploitation
DARKOUSH, SYRIA - APRIL 16 (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): A mother walking her daughter into the Gift of the Givers Hospital after a shell hit their home on April 16, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. Al-Qauda has given its blessing to the Gift of the Givers organisation for its work in Syria. On April 14, 2013, 45 South African Medical personnel were sent to aid locals in the Darkoush hospital.(Photo by Felix Dlangamandla/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
DARKOUSH, SYRIA - APRIL 16 (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): A mother walking her daughter into the Gift of the Givers Hospital after a shell hit their home on April 16, 2013, in Darkoush, Syria. Al-Qauda has given its blessing to the Gift of the Givers organisation for its work in Syria. On April 14, 2013, 45 South African Medical personnel were sent to aid locals in the Darkoush hospital.(Photo by Felix Dlangamandla/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

AMMAN, Jordan— When I met them in early June, Abu Nizar, his wife and their three daughters — aged 22, 18 and 14 — were perched on threadbare mattresses in a rundown house in Ramtha, Jordan, where they survive on charity from the local community. Blankets covered the windows to keep out the mid-afternoon heat. Inside, a musty darkness hovered.

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