#Lebanon: #Syrian_refugees Face Sexual Harassment, Abuse
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A Syrian refugee family sit outside their makeshift tent in Atme village in the northwestern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey, on September 4, 2012. (Photo: AFP - Giorgos Moutafis). A Syrian refugee family sit outside their makeshift tent in Atme village in the northwestern province of Idlib, bordering Turkey, on September 4, 2012. (Photo: AFP - Giorgos Moutafis).
There is no respite for Syrian women refugees in North Lebanon’s #Akkar from the daily humiliations of sexual harassment. Impoverished and desperate, they are forced to work under abusive bosses, rent from shady landlords, and are even married off by their own fathers. Meanwhile, the local residents worsen the situation by claiming that “cheap” Syrian wives are (...)