$2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank

UN and partner agencies insisted on Wednesday that “critical changes” are needed to improve aid access into Gaza, as they launched a $2.8 billion appeal to provide urgent assistance for millions of people in the devastated enclave, but also in the West Bank, where Palestinians have been targeted by increasing settler violence.

Read the full article at:

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/04/1148661
$2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank
Image placeholder

Health experts concerned about indirect effects of COVID-19 on women and youth

12 Jun 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about its impact on women, children and young people.

Image placeholder

COVID-19 intensifies ‘brutal crime’ of sexual violence in conflict 

19 Jun 2020

Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is “a brutal crime” that is being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief underscored on Friday, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Image placeholder

Rise in women prisoners and COVID measures, ‘making sentences worse’

16 Jul 2020

More than 700,000 women are in prison around the world, and that number is growing much faster than men, the Human Rights Council has heard.