viernes, 23 de enero de 2015

An impossible choice

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Dear Víctor Norberto Cerasale Morteo [el dispreciau],

Winter has set in on the millions of Syrian refugees in Jordan, food rations have been cut and children have little hope of going to school.1 

Child marriage amongst the Syrian refugee population has doubled since the start of the war.2 Driven by a lack of safety and economic opportunity, girls as young as 13 are being forced into marriage to lessen the financial burden on their family.

Right now many Syrian mothers and fathers face an unimaginable choice – marry their children off or risk their survival. The question is do we have their back?

Call on the international community to fund programmes that support parents in the fight against forced child marriage in Jordan.

Urgent appeals from United Nation's agencies have fallen on deaf ears and the situation is going from bad to worse for Syrian children. 

A fortnight ago we wrote to you about Maha, a now pregnant 13-year-old girl forced to marry an older man by her family.3 Huge numbers of the Walk Free community have already responded – can you now take a moment to do the same? 

Stand up for young children forced into marriage: ask the international community to take action now.

In hope,

Michael, Jayde, Olly and the rest of the Walk Free team

1 http://reliefweb.int/report/lebanon/winter-storm-lebanon-jordan-concern-syria-refugees-paramount-says-care
2 http://www.savethechildren.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=8rKLIXMGIpI4E&b=8943305&ct=14076957
3 http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/Too_Young_to_Wed.pdf

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