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Women in Gaza today [1]
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Date: 2025-05-04
The following information comes from This Week in the War on Women (posted in dailykos May 3). It was reprinted from a March 13 Amnesty International report.
Amnesty International, March 13
Even after the first phase of the ceasefire came into force, horrific conditions of life inflicted by Israel during the offensive have continued to disproportionately affect women and girls.
This includes damage and destruction of homes, medical facilities including maternity wards, maternal care clinics and other life-sustaining infrastructure as well as shelters protecting women and girls from gender-based violence.
Israel’s decision to completely block entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza for the past 12 days has already exacerbated the catastrophic conditions facing women and girls.
Even prior to the imposition of these measures as a clear form of collective punishment, Israel had banned the entry of mobile homes and heavy machinery to remove the rubble.
This means that hundreds of thousands of women and girls continue to live in dire conditions in tents or crowded schools, exposed to violence, and with scarce access to clean water contributing to a hygiene crisis.
In addition to a long-lasting ceasefire, urgent measures are needed to repair hospitals, clinics and sanitation facilities,
Israel must lift its genocidal siege on the occupied Gaza Strip and restore the electricity supply. It must also repeal its ban on UNRWA, whose work is vital to addressing the humanitarian catastrophe, including the needs of women and girls.
www.amnesty.org/...
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