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Gaza today: Scorching heat, visible signs of wasting and heavy fighting
20 June 2024
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Two children at a UNRWA school shelter in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on their way to fetch some water.
Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry on amid stifling heat, heavy fighting, disease spread and a breakdown in law and…
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Stories from the UN Archive: Archivists unerase mystery woman
20 June 2024
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Twelve nations signed the landmark Refugee Convention in 1951, but who is the only woman at the table? (file)
Too often, women’s names have been erased from history, including at the signing of the landmark Refugee Convention in 1951. But, this is no longer the case for Margaret (Kitchen) Bruce, thanks to…
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World News in Brief: Women doing ‘inspirational’ work in Gaza, huge increase in Haiti displacement, Uyghur rights in China
19 June 2024
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A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes in a classroom at shelter run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Wednesday that Gazans continue to be displaced due to…