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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
News
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
Feature story
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
Leen
Feature story
‘Our strength is all we have left’ - Generations of Palestinian women and girls endure war and displacement
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Statement
Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them
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
Supporting women and girls in Gaza and throughout the Middle East
Statement
Statement: 'These atrocities must end'
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Press briefing
Media briefing at the United Nations Headquarters by Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine about her visit to Gaza
A family is seen sitting around a bowl of beans in their tent in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
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At least 557,000 women in Gaza are facing severe food insecurity
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Press briefing
Media briefing at the Palais des Nations by Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine