Archive for June 29th, 2024

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29/06/2024

United Nations’ Human Rights Chief Calls Time on ‘Economic Violence’ against Women and Girls

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — On Friday [28 June 2024], at the UN Human Rights Council’s (OHCHR) first panel for the annual full-day discussion on women’s rights, The UN human rights chief Volker Türk told a Human Rights Council panel that it’s time to eliminate laws and practices that contribute to “economic violence” against women and girls.

Women attend a community meeting in Cameroon.
UN Women/Ryan Brown | Women attend a community meeting in Cameroon.

During his opening statement to the all-day panel dedicated to women and human rights, Mr. Türk said there had been “extraordinary progress” thanks to the worldwide women’s movement.

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29/06/2024

“No One Is Spared”: Sexual Violence Wielded as a Weapon in Haiti’s Humanitarian Crisis

Human Wrongs Watch

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 26 June 2024 (UNFPA)* -– “One of the biggest problems is insecurity – and the physical and sexual violence that comes with that,” explained Edrish Justilien, 36, a psychologist at the Petite Place Cazeau Hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.

A man speaks with a woman across a desk
Edrish Justilien is a psychologist at the UNFPA-supported Petite Place Cazeau Hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. © UNFPA Haiti/Wendy Desert

Dr. Justilien spoke to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, about the alarming risks women and girls are grappling with amid the country’s ongoing humanitarian crisis. “Rape cases are what we are seeing most commonly, mostly [committed] by armed gangs.”

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29/06/2024

Explainer: What’s a Dignity Kit?

Human Wrongs Watch

()* — Every month, nearly two billion women and girls menstruate, but during times of war and climate disasters, from the conflict in Gaza to the devastation caused by Cyclone Remal in Asia, UN humanitarian teams rush to serve affected communities, providing critical aid, which includes dignity kits.

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A teacher in India leads an awareness class about menstrual and general hygiene to her students. (file)

UNICEF/Prashanth Vishwanathan | A teacher in India leads an awareness class about menstrual and general hygiene to her students. (file)

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29/06/2024

Going Back into ‘Hell’: An Aid Worker’s Journey through Shattered Gaza

Human Wrongs Watch

By Daniel Johnson

(UN News)* — Over and above the difficulty of actually getting into Gaza, aid teams now face the crushing realization that with a shortage of fuel and dwindling supplies, there is a limit to what they can do to help all those in need, UN aid worker Louise Wateridge told UN News on Friday [28 June 2024].

People search for water in Khan Younis city in the southern the Gaza Strip. (file)
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba | People search for water in Khan Younis city in the southern the Gaza Strip. (file)

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