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Are We Listening? Acting on Our Commitments to Women and Girls Affected By the Syrian Conflict

Authored by: International Rescue Committee

Categories: Human Rights, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health
Country: Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey
Region: Middle East and North Africa
Year: 2014
Citation: Are We Listening? Acting on Our Commitments to Women and Girls Affected By the Syrian Conflict. New York: International Rescue Committee, 2014.

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Executive Summary

This report sheds light on the condition of women and girls inside Syria and those who have fled the conflict for safety in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. Many have been subject to sexual and gender-based violence, coerced into early marriages, overwhelmed by economic strife, and psychologically scarred by loss in a war that seemingly has no end. Women and girls affected by conflict must be regarded as more than victims of brutality; they are agents of change who, if given the opportunity, can transform their societies.