Gaza women

On International Women’s Day, women of Gaza Strip carry deep wounds and the burden of loss

Saturday-8-March-2025

Amid tents and schools that shelter them after the destruction of their homes, Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip face harsh conditions.

UN Rapporteur: Killing Palestinian women an Israeli tool for genocide in Gaza

Monday-3-February-2025

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Salama, confirmed that the Israeli occupation army has used the killing of women and the targeting of reproductive health as tools for genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Starvation, malnutrition, and siege: Genocide affected pregnant women, infants in Gaza

Tuesday-28-January-2025

A human rights report by Human Rights Watch documents horrifying testimonies from women in the Gaza Strip, recounting their suffering and the consequences of war on their bodies and lives.

Women of Gaza: Majestic figures bearing the heaviest cost of Israeli terror

Monday-9-September-2024

In the Gaza Strip, it is hard to find a woman who has not lost her husband, son, brother, or father to martyrdom, or even herself as a martyr.

Giving birth under the hell of war, bitter experiences told by Gaza women

Wednesday-7-August-2024

Rasha Mahmoud will never forget that bitter day, the day when labor pains came to her amid the falling bombs. "The situation was difficult to describe, I felt like my heart was going to stop."

UN official: Increase in miscarriage rates in Gaza for unknown reasons

Tuesday-30-July-2024

The UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, said doctors in the Gaza Strip noticed that the rate of miscarriage among pregnant women is on the rise in the Strip for no clear reasons, noting that residents of Gaza live in "terrible misery".

Rawya Hillis, a wheelchair-bound woman, suffers the ravages of war and displacement

Saturday-13-July-2024

The hopes of Rawya Hillis to improve her health condition and get rid of the wheelchair that has been her companion for 5 years have dwindled.

Palestinian mothers before and after the Israeli aggression

Tuesday-23-April-2024

UN Women: Israel killed 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza

Wednesday-17-April-2024

UN Women launched on Tuesday its latest alert on Gaza, saying that “six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed.”