Informes

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Palestine – “I always encourage the women I know to do a self-examination and regular screenings,” Intisar, 55, told UNFPA. She is a breast cancer survivor from Deir al-Balah in the Gaza…

THIRD COMMITTEE GA/SHC/4302 A lack of ventilators and hospital beds to address COVID-19 has pushed Gaza’s overstretched medical system to the brink, the expert tasked with monitoring human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories told the Third Committee…

Introduction BACKGROUND The impacts of humanitarian crises are not gender neutral. Global evidence shows that when disasters strike, and humanitarian crises unfold, they have differential impacts on women, girls, men, boys and persons of diverse gender identities. Humanitarian…

As delivered Mister President, Members of the Security Council, I address you today following the agreement that was reached between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that stops Israeli annexation plans over parts of the occupied West Bank…

HIGHLIGHTS • The overall number of COVID-19 cases rises by almost forty per cent and 32 more people die. • The number of active cases remains stable at around 8,000. • The Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt re-opened…

Fatima is a 51-year-old Palestinian cancer survivor from the Gaza Strip.* Before the symptoms of her illness started, she had worked as a tailor and was the sole breadwinner of her family, which comprises eight members.…

Overview Germany has the presidency of the Security Council in July. While the Security Council is expected to continue to work largely remotely, Germany appears keen to have some meetings in the Council chamber if circumstances allow. There…

Holds General Debate on the Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights present reports of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the…

GAZA STRIP, Palestine – “Sometimes I feel that this is a nightmare that I will eventually wake up from, but the nightmare is never-ending and I do not know how much longer I can handle this,”…

This article was contributed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on behalf of the Protection Cluster’s GBV Working Group Maha (pseudonym) a 40-year-old mother of three, reside in Al-Bureij, one of the poorest and most crowded…