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Syrian Refugees Fuel Underage Marriage in Jordan

By Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● February 12, 2014

Religious court data show a growing share of Jordanian marriage licenses going to Syrian female minors in the past three years. But the debate in the international aid community is whether early marriage is worsening for Syrian refugee girls or just being exposed by the crisis.

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Seattle Pol Cuts Pay; House OKs New Abortion Bill

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● February 1, 2014

An elected official in Seattle decided to give most of her paycheck away to activist organizations. Also this week, the Republican House passed more restrictions on insurance coverage for abortions.

Video: Syrian Woman Recalls Horror of Homs

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● January 28, 2014

In this video, a Syrian woman who fled war-torn Homs describes her work washing the corpses of women. Negotiators in Geneva have just agreed to provide a relief corridor for women and children to leave districts that have been besieged since June 2012.

Obama Marks Roe v. Wade; Alabama Prison Deemed Toxic

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 25, 2014

President Barack Obama marked the 41st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision this week. In Alabama, a women’s prison was found to be a “toxic” house of horrors in which “repeated and open sexual behavior” is the norm.

Video: Syrian Refugee Widow Recalls Living with War

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● January 16, 2014

Next week the international community holds peace talks for Syria and women from that country are pressing for their voices to be heard. In this video from late last year, a Syrian woman living as a refugee in Jordan shares how she lost her husband and helped the Free Syrian Army.

Video: FSA Syrian Nurse Helps Both Sides of the War

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● January 11, 2014

Syrian refugee Hoda recalls helping an Alawite girl. Shurook, who didn’t want to appear on camera, also helped the opposition. The first of three videos featuring the stories of female refugees in the Free Syrian Army.

Syrian Women in Jordan Face Economics of Survival

By Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● December 29, 2013

Prepared by their culture to stay home with the children, single female heads of household are ill-equipped for refugee life in the cities of Jordan. Survival sex, domestic violence and early marriage are all part of the coping effort.

For Seasonal News Resonance; Check Story of Mary

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Uncategorized ● December 23, 2013

The Judean desert was full of perils and hardship for a 9-month pregnant Jewish woman struggling to reach Bethlehem for the Roman census. We follow that same female trek of endurance in our watch over Syrian refugees in Jordan, U.S. women in maternity wards.

Syrian Mothers Anguished by Children’s War Trauma

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● December 2, 2013

In a group therapy session in Jordan, refugee women unload about the difficulties of caring for children afflicted by nightmares, aggressive outbursts and PTSD symptoms. “I have two boys, ages 3 and 5. They are scared of everything,” says one participant.

Pakistani Climbs for Change; Syrian Refugees Assaulted

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● November 30, 2013

Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest, is planning to climb to the summits of seven major peaks for women’s empowerment. In Lebanon, female refugees who escaped Syria’s conflict say they have been sexually harassed.