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Since 18 March, Israel’s renewed and intensified attacks on Gaza have killed hundreds of civilians, including women and children, and over 142,000 newly displaced persons have nowhere to run for safety.
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Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine, spoke at the Palais des Nations from Jerusalem on disastrous consequences for women and girls following the end of a tenuous ceasefire in Gaza.
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UN Women is deeply alarmed by the renewed and intensified attacks on Gaza, which have already killed approximately 436 Palestinians, including at least 93 women and 183 children over the past 48 hours, with many more injured.
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Hanin Hamaduna a resilient Gazan journalist and a mother of a 14-year-old boy, embarks on an emotional journey that is as much about hope as it is about heartbreak. Today she is walking home – to whatever remains of it - in North Gaza.
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In October 2024, UN Women conducted a rapid assessment to increase understanding of the involvement of WLOs in Lebanon’s humanitarian response in the context of the current conflict and identify their role and challenges.
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A Mother's Cry in the Shadow of Destruction as the World Watches in Silence
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"The True Survivors Are Those Who Died at the Beginning" - Sujoud's Journey Through Gaza’s Endless Pain
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In the West Bank, three generations of Palestinian women share a common story of unrelenting hardship, shaped by decades of war and displacement. UN Women recently spoke to Wafeeka, Kafa, and Jwan – three women profoundly affected by ongoing conflicts.
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In an exclusive interview with Al-Qaheera News Channel, Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine, sheds light on the devastating humanitarian situation in Gaza, particularly its impact on women and girls.
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This war defies all comprehension. We never imagined we would lose our homes, our cherished memories, and our loved ones. Displacement has become our constant reality.
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According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, between 8 October 2023 and 1 October 2024, a total of 1,575 people have lost their lives, including 297 women. Overall, there have been 10,835 casualties, of whom 2,110 women.
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After more than 11 months of war, the health care system in Gaza has almost collapsed. Nearly 84 per cent of health facility buildings have been destroyed or damaged, and those remaining in service lack medicines, ambulances, basic life-saving treatment, electricity, and water.
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Between 7 October 2023 and 1 September 2024, at least 40,786 Palestinians were killed and 94,224 were injured in Gaza by the Israeli bombardments. 41 per cent of these casualties are women and children.
While in the West Bank, between 7 October and 14 August 2024, 618 Palestinians, including 15 women and 154 children, have been killed, including East Jerusalem. Over 5,670 Palestinians have been injured in the same period, including about 830 children.
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I have recently finished a one-week mission inside Gaza. In my six years in this job I visited Gaza more than 50 times, many times during previous escalations, including the war of 2021, but this time nothing prepared me for the total destruction and inhumanity I saw.
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A high risk of famine persists across the Gaza Strip as long as the ongoing conflict continues and humanitarian access remains restricted, according to a new report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).
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a) I have just finished a one-week mission inside Gaza. What I have seen defies description. The moment you enter at Kerem Shalom crossing, and the fence closes behind you, you feel that you are locked into a world of devastation.
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Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, and every day, UN Women unequivocally condemns all acts of sexual and gender-based violence wherever, whenever, and against whomever they are perpetrated.
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Remarks by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Conference “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza,” in Sweimeh, Jordan
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80% of women in Gaza depend on food assistance to survive, and women-led organizations are uniquely equipped to support them, according to new UN Women Gender Alert.
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This is not just a story of War, but a story of Love.
This is not merely a tale of Despair, but a narrative of Hope.
This is simply a story of Eternity, the story of Amani—a story never imagined would end.
It's also the collective story of Amani, Lamia, Najla, and all the Women of Gaza, losing their lives and facing a war not just on Gaza itself, but on its women. These women are pillars of strength: Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Doctors, Leaders, and more. Yet, they are losing their dignity, hope, loved ones, and their very lives.