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Shattered Lives: The Devastating Effects of Earthquakes on Children in Syria

In this article, we will present a series of videos featuring children from Syria, each telling their own story of how they are coping with ongoing trauma, anxiety, and fear caused by earthquakes, as well as the ongoing violence and instability of the region. Through these stories, we will explore the devastating impact of earthquakes on children in Syria, the unique challenges they face, and the urgent need for resources and support to help them rebuild their lives.  
Shattered Lives:
The Devastating Effects of Earthquakes on Children in Syria
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EXCLUSIVE: Shocking Practices of Forced Puberty among little Syrian Girls

Hadeel Arja

In northern Syria’s displaced camps, little girls are forced to use hormones to speed up their menstruation and get married.

Click here and read the full story of “forced puberty” and the coercion of girls, who have not not yet menstruated, to intake hormonal drugs or being beaten on their backs with the aim of accelerating puberty and having them married.


exclusive: Shocking Practices of Forced Puberty among little Syrian Girls
In northern Syria’s displaced camps, little girls are forced to use hormones to speed up their menstruation and get married
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Syrian Children Become Victims of Sexual Harassment

This Investigative report was produced in collaboration with ARIJ

Syrian Children Become Victims of Sexual Harassment
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When Child Labour Kills Children’s Dreams

I Wanted to Become What I Have Become
When Child Labour Kills Children’s Dreams
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Syria’s Little Workers

Syria’s Little Workers
Small Hands and Heavy Burdens
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A Life At the Margins: Displaced Syrian Children’s Cold Beds

The children feel sleepy and cannot open their eyes. They gather the remains of their strength and go to bed. The first minutes are very difficult; their hands and feet shiver with cold; no one dares to move his foot an inch. They all seek to enjoy the bliss of that little warmth their feet began to feel while in bed. If they move their feet to the edge, their bodies will retract again out of cold….