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From crisis response to resilience: How multilateral funds are collectively protecting women and girls
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Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp following her visit to Gaza
The“Smile of Hope" is run by AISHA, a UN Women partner and women-led-organization that provides, among other services, case management and protection support for displaced female cancer patients. Standing together during a visit to assess the women’s needs are Reem Frainah, AISHA's director (in blue dress) and Isadora de Moura, head of the UN Women Gaza sub-office (in vest). Photo: UN Women/Sulaiman Hejji
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Women in Gaza: What they need now as the ceasefire holds
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Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Gaza
Every time Fullah Ziyad Khalil Arafat hears she has to move again, she feels despair in her bones. The mother of five also takes care of her husband’s aging parents. “If we want to move from one place to another, we need money for transport,” she says. “The cost of a tent is (about 500 ILS – more than USD 100) every month. From where would we get that?” Photo: UN Women
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What it means to be a woman in Gaza today
Palestinian women grieve over the bodies of their relatives who were killed in Israeli bombings in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
In focus
In Focus: Supporting women and girls affected by the conflict in Gaza
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Statement
UN Women statement on the escalating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza
During a temporary ceasefire in November 2023, Palestinian citizens return to their homes in the town of Khuza’a, inspecting homes that were destroyed by Israeli bombing. Photo: UN Women/Samar Abu Elouf
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UN Women estimates over 28,000 women and girls killed in Gaza since October 2023
An injured child lays on a hospital cot while a women comforts her
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls
17-year-old Noor, pictured in Gaza City, Jabalia Camp on 21 March 2025. Photo: UNICEF/UNI766969/Nateel
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'Life has stopped. We didn’t sleep all night, paralyzed' – Women of Gaza report intolerable toll of the war
Mohammad Abdallah, Gaza
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The long walk home: Displaced Gazans are going back
First day of ceasefire, Jan 2025, Palestine
Statement
UN Women statement on the ceasefire and release of hostages agreement in Gaza