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- Daisy Mae
- Apr 28, 2016
- 1 min read
This Teen Is Fighting Against Child Marriage — From Her Refugee Camp
''Child marriage affects millions of girls around the world, but the problem has become increasingly common among child refugees. So this teen took it upon herself to help combat the practice — from her refugee camp.
Fifteen-year-old Omaima Hoshan, a Syrian refugee, runs workshops to discourage child marriage in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp, according to UNHCR.
“When I see young girls getting married, it scares me,” Hoshan says in a videofrom the United Nations refugee agency. “Girls from my home have their future lost or destroyed. This is something I can’t accept.”...''
by Sarah Grossman
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