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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

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.