UN Women condemns Gaza as ‘war on women’
- March 2, 2024
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UN Women warned of “devastating” consequences war in the Gaza Strip and said that it was “war on women” It is mainly the women of Gaza who suffer
UN Women warned of “devastating” consequences war in the Gaza Strip and said that it was “war on women” It is mainly the women of Gaza who suffer from this.
“It is estimated that some nine thousand women died at the hands of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip today,” the UN agency said in a statement, warning that the figures were “likely below” are real because many will still disappear under the rubble.
“Every day that the war in Gaza continues On average, 63 women will die. An estimated 37 mothers die every day, leaving their families devastated and their children unprotected. More than four in five women (84 percent) say their family eat half or less than before the war“, added.
“If there is no humanitarian ceasefire More people will die in the coming days and weeks. The killing, bombing and destruction of vital infrastructure in the Gaza Strip must stop. humanitarian aid must arrive and immediately reach all of Gaza,” he stressed.
“Mothers and young women are responsible for getting food, they eat last, less and less than others,” he warned. And that’s when they eat, as 84 percent of women say at least one member of their family has skipped a meal in the past week. In 95 percent of cases they are mothers left without food to feed their children.
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The organization remembers that 2.3 million inhabitants of Gaza They’ll be here in a few weeks “acute levels of food insecurity“. “Almost 9 in 10 women (87 percent) believe they have more difficult access to food than men“, he noted. In these circumstances, many women look for food among the rubble or in the garbage.
(Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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