“Life became a cage”: Syrian girls shed light on conflict, vulnerability and cycle of abuse

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 Amal*, a Syrian adolescent from Qamishli. “An entire world waited outside where women were becoming leaders, scientists, engineers, but I was trapped in a di fferent world where being a girl meant having no voice.”Amal is not alone. Her words paint a grim picture of what it ' s like for countless girls growing up amid the Syrian crisis.
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