{"id":43001,"date":"2021-03-17T07:40:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T05:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=43001"},"modified":"2021-03-17T11:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:25:45","slug":"syrias-decade-of-conflict-takes-massive-toll-on-women-and-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/chief-editors-choice\/syrias-decade-of-conflict-takes-massive-toll-on-women-and-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s decade of conflict takes massive toll on women and girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, Syria marks a grim anniversary: 10 years since the start of the country\u2019s grinding conflict. Today, one decade into the catastrophe, about half the country\u2019s population has been uprooted, with some 12 million people internally displaced or living as refugees. Atop the persistent insecurity, Syrians are also enduring the COVID-19 pandemic and worsening economic conditions \u2013 all of which are taking a disproportionate toll on women and girls across the region.<\/p>\n

Since then, she has survived child marriage, attempted sexual assault and repeated family violence, including at the hands of her own brother. This kind of violence and trauma is all too common among the women and girls of Syria, both those still living in their home country and those exiled to refugee camps and communities. \u201cThe violence happens everywhere, and it definitely became worse\u201d, explained Lamia, an adolescent girl from Eastern Ghouta.\u00a0 UNFPA\u2019s programme data show that the risk of gender-based violence has increased significantly over recent years, a trend corroborated by reports from other humanitarian actors. Many say they fear that this violence has become normalized.<\/p>\n

In the last decade, insecurity, fear and intense economic pressures have sharply increased the vulnerability of women and girls, and rates of practices such as child marriage, have spiked.\u00a0Access to school and health care \u2013 once taken for granted \u2013 are no longer assured. Among those in need of assistance across the region, close to half a million are pregnant, requiring access to quality sexual and reproductive health care.\u00a0 The COVID-19 pandemic has only compounded these challenges, with movement restrictions keeping some women at home with abusers, and rising economic stress increasing tensions in the home.<\/p>\n

UNFPA and partners remain committed to providing life-saving services to women and girls in Syria and in camps and host communities throughout the region. In 2020 alone, UNFPA delivered sexual and reproductive health services to nearly 2 million people, while almost 1.2 million were reached through programmes to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.\u00a0Throughout the region, UNFPA supports 112 women\u2019s and girls\u2019 safe spaces, 17 youth centres, 33 emergency obstetric care facilities, 133 primary healthcare centres, and 125 mobile clinics. Over the past five years, UNFPA has been able to scale up its services, doubling the numbers of people reached. UNFPA will also continue tailoring programmes to make them more accessible to a wider range of groups, including adolescent girls, people with disabilities and the LGBTQI community.<\/p>\n

Source: The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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