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Syria's child brides
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario speaks to Dan Damon about ever younger Syrian child brides in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp. While marriage under the age of eighteen was a common Syrian tradition before the start of the civil war, more and more Syrian girls are being married off at a young age due to the insecurity and poverty facing those living in the refugee camps. Families hope marriage will protect their daughters from sexual harassment and assault.
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