In late 2013, a young girl named Haneen fled Syria with her parents and ten siblings to escape escalating violence and instability. Her father sustained serious injuries that left him paralyzed along their journey to the Turkish border. Fearing he could no longer provide for and protect his children, he decided to marry off Haneen to a middle-aged Turkish man whose name he didn’t even know.
http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2016/04/14/action-on-ending-child-marriage/
