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Displaced and stateless women and girls face heightened risk of violence amid coronavirus pandemic

Displaced and stateless women and girls face heightened risk of violence amid coronavirus pandemic

Apr 21, 2020, at 11:29 am

New York/IBNS: As COVID-19 continues to take lives and change communities around the world, the virus is also creating massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes, a top official at the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, stressing that global protection staff are on high alert and adapting life-saving support programmes for those subjected to violence.