Syrian girls flee war only to become mothers in Jordan camp

In a crowded maternity clinic at a refugee camp in Jordan near the Syrian border, Elhem cradled her crying 11-month-old son, bounced him on her knee and then handed him to her mother to help calm him down. “When I had the baby I felt a sense of motherhood and was happy,” the Syrian refugee said through a translator, adjusting her floral niqab. “I’m a housewife now.” She’s 17, and her experience is common. Read more here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-jordan-refugees-childmarriage-idUSKBN1441FO?utm_source=Child+marriage+in+the+News+-+Girls+Not+Brides&utm_campaign=da1464597e-CM+in+the+news+22%2F12%2F16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c21d02558c-da1464597e-397922041

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