Displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, the UN Refugee Agency said Monday.
The UNHCR said they may be forced into "survival sex" or child marriages.
Refugee women facing greater violence risk during crisis: UNHCR
Displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, the UN Refugee Agency said Monday.
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Palestinian activists and volunteers from the Women's Program Center distribute crafts and reading material to children confined at home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, in the central Deir al-Balah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, on April 12, 2020. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
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