Organisations to Support For International Women's Day 2023
On International Women's Day, Here's a Curated List of Organisations to Support Worldwide
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The 24 Feb. marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Women accounted for nearly 40 percent of the more than 21,000 civilian casualties in 2022, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. Of those who have survived the war, nearly 18 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance and 14 million people have been displaced from their homes, the overwhelming majority of whom are women.
Women are disproportionately affected in other ways: namely, increased violence, including intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, and sexual assault, according to a Rapid Gender Analysis carried out by UN Women and CARE International. Financial instability is also increasing sexual exploitation, trafficking, family separation, and other forms of attacks on women and girls.
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