“I work as a domestic cleaner to be able to provide for my children as I am their sole breadwinner after my husband left. I had to remove them from school because I couldn’t afford it anymore. One of my children, 10 years old, works in a pastry factory to support me. They always ask me to buy them or cook them the meals they like. It is hard not to be able to meet their basic needs.”

Hanan*, a 46-year-old Syrian woman who lives in northern Syria.