UN Palestinian Rights Committee 68d ago

“This war has reshaped families. Tens of thousands of households are now headed by women,” UN Women’s Sofia Calltorp, Chief of Humanitarian Action, told journalists in Geneva. “Having lost their husbands, they are sustaining their families without income, without support or access to essential services.” She recalled visiting Gaza in November and meeting two women who had to deliver their babies in the street, “because there were no transportations to bring them to any functional hospitals”. More details: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/advocacy-brief-the-cost-of-war-in-gaza-on-women-and-girls-un-women-17apr26/