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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Gaza is Most Dangerous Place for Women Right Now<br></h1>December 10, 2023</div>
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Gaza reels under new massacres carried out by the Israeli army. (Photo: via QNN)
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<h3><strong>According to ActionAid, Gaza is one of the world’s most
dangerous places to be a woman right now due to the unprecedented levels
of violence experienced by women and girls in the besieged territory.</strong></h3>
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<p><span>The international non-governmental organization ActionAid has
said that women in Gaza are facing unprecedented levels of violence,
rendering the besieged territory one of the world’s most dangerous
places for women, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on
Sunday.</span></p>
<p><span>“Women and girls in Gaza are experiencing unprecedented levels
of violence, making the besieged territory one of the world’s most
dangerous places to be a woman right now,” ActionAid said in a report
this week.</span></p>
<p><span>The figures presented by ActionAid paint a picture. </span></p>
<p><span>“Two mothers are killed every hour in Gaza and seven women every two hours,” the report reads, adding:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>“Overall, women and children make up almost 70% of the total death toll.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span>“Almost every woman and girl will have lost someone – whether
it is their child, their husband, their parent, sibling, relative,
neighbor or friend.”</span></p>
<p><span>The dire situation extends to pregnant women in Gaza, with approximately 50,000 women expecting. </span></p>
<p><span>“Around 50,000 women in Gaza are pregnant and, each day, 180
are risking their lives to give birth without adequate medical care,”
the report says, adding:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>“That includes undergoing cesareans and emergency operations without sterilization, anesthesia or painkillers.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span>On Saturday, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Health
Ministry in Gaza revealed that Israeli snipers positioned around Al-Awda
Hospital in northern Gaza have killed and injured several pregnant
Palestinian women on their way to the hospital to give birth.</span></p>
<p><span>Al-Qudra stated that pregnant women in northern Gaza have been
prevented from accessing the maternity service at Al-Awda Hospital,
leading to their death along with their unborn children.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">MEDICAL SOURCE (to Al-Jazeera): 45 dead
Palestinians arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza
Strip since yesterday evening due to the Israeli bombing.</p>
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<p><span>The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli war on Gaza
since October 7 has reached 17,700, including over 7,870 children and
more than 6,121 women, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health
in Gaza. 48,780 were wounded.</span></p>
<p><em>(PC, WAFA)</em></p>
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