Zaatari camp, the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world, sits less than 12 kilometers away from the border between Syria and northern Jordan. Rows of houses disappear into the desert, making it hard to tell where the camp begins and ends. Metal containers pieced together like patchwork are home...
This paper studies the experiences of Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon in order to understand their complex emotional responses to challenging circumstances. The authors identified three categories of complex decision-making: education, marriage, and daily life as refugees. They propose that...
Photographs with descriptions displaying the largely positive impact the provision of interactive and stable education has on refugee children and their parents in Jordan and Syria.
In this article, Sherine Andreine Powerful, Doctor of Public Health Candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, interviews Dr. Jewel Gausman about the impact of conflict on community norms and adolescents' sexual and reproductive health needs and challenges in both Syria and Jordan...
UNICEF Humanitarian Action: Syrian Refugees (2020) The Syrian refugee crisis remains the largest displacement crisis in the world, with 5.6 million registered refugees, including over 2.5 million children, living in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Among the 18.8 million people in need...
This article recounts the experiences of young women in Syria dealing with child marriage, oppression, and the fight for freedom and mobility. DAMASCUS, Syria – “Growing up, I felt as though my wings were slowly clipped against my will, and life became a cage from which there was no escape,” said...
Summary The ongoing conflict in Syria has resulted in a large-scale humanitarian crisis with important public health policy implications. An estimated two million Syrians have escaped to neighboring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. Millions more people remain displaced within Syria’s...