Women face chronic violence in Syria’s ‘widow camps’, report warns

Conditions drastically worse than in general camps, with some women forced to engage in survival sex', says World Vision

Women and children living in some of the hardest-to-reach camps in north-west Syria face chronic and high levels of violence and depression, with some women forced to engage in survival sex", a new report has revealed.

Children in so-called widow camps" have been found to be severely neglected, abused and forced to work while mothers are at breaking point" psychologically. More than 80% of women say they do not have adequate healthcare and 95% expressed feelings of hopelessness.