In its entirety, war is an enemy of progress and threatens to increase extreme poverty for people and nations. Simply because of their gender, women and girls caught in the middle of war experience sexual violence, physical and verbal abuse, and barriers in accessing resources and having their human rights met this is of course all on top of being directly exposed to conflict on the front lines and facing life-threatening conditions. This is because the same has been true of almost all wars and conflicts in history it is also something we’ve seen in violence that is currently ongoing in other parts of the world such as the Sahel, Tigray, and Afghanistan. The current war in Ukraine is widely expected to hurt women and girls more than any other population, both in the short and long term.
War, conflict, and crises introduce women and girls to a very real fear: that their safety and human rights will be the last priority amid the violence.
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