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The international agency warns that disasters exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities.
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chacodiapordia.comBuenos Aires, 28 August (NA) -- About 160,000 women and girls directly or indirectly affected by floods in the Nepalese districts of Rasuwa and Nuwakot are at high risk of violence and exploitation, UN Women warned on Friday, noting that disasters tend to exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities. While the full extent of the impact is still being determined, Patricia Fernández-Pacheco, UN Women's representative in Nepal, said that there is so…
After a disaster, women face greater risks of violence, exploitation and accelerated impoverishment, in addition to assuming a disproportionate share of domestic tasks and the responsibility to seek water, the UN said.
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