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Gaza widows bear growing burden of holding families together: UN

Summary by The Nation
UNITED NATIONS - Nearly 1 in 4 Gaza households now headed by women, an estimated 86,290 families, face “impossible decisions” every day, amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes and still-scarce resources, according to UN Women.

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UN-Women said that nearly a quarter of Gaza ' s families were headed by women, including widows and women who lost their husbands, were arrested, seriously injured, forcibly disappeared or whose fate was still unknown.

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Nearly one in four households in Gaza is headed by one woman alone. The crisis in the Strait of Ormuz threatens global employment. The boom of data centres tests power grids. Smoking can harm the fertility of men and women. Source of original article: United Nations (news.un.org). [...]

According to UN-Women, nearly a quarter of Gaza ' s families are headed by women, including widows and women who have lost their husbands, been arrested, severely injured, forcibly disappeared or whose fate is still unknown, and highlighted the suffering they face as they continue to experience "insufferable living conditions" in the sector.

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UN News broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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