The effects of a series of earthquakes measuring a 6.3 magnitude that hit Afghanistan in early October have been devastating.
More than 3,300 homes in the Herat province were flattened in the quakes,The majority of the earthquake’s victims were women and children; they made up more than 90% of the nearly 1,500 deaths,by the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group in Afghanistan said that more than half of those affected by the earthquakes were women.
“A bluish color started appearing around her mouth. Eventually, my newborn’s breath was taken away by the extreme cold, and I, who had just held my beloved in my arms, lost her forever,” Hanifa said, as quoted in a story“In Afghanistan, where women’s rights, including their freedom to move, has been so significantly curtailed, this has created a perfect storm with devastating impacts,”, UN Women’s representative in Afghanistan.
“The earthquakes, when combined with the ongoing humanitarian and women’s rights crisis, have made the situation not only difficult for women and girls, but deadly,” DavidianMany women are also unable to access humanitarian aid due to cultural norms that mandate that their male relatives get support on their behalf. Women are also barred from working for the nongovernmental organizations, and women UN workers are not allowed to operate in the country.
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