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Women in Sudan’s al-Obeid face drone attacks and rape when fetching water, UN says
UN Women said funding cuts have forced two-thirds of surveyed women’s groups to scale back safe spaces and gender-based violence services.
- On Friday, UN Women reported that women and girls in the besieged city of El-Obeid face a dire choice between daytime drone attacks and nighttime sexual violence while attempting to collect water.
- High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned that civilians have endured 18 months of siege-like conditions as the Rapid Support Forces encircle El-Obeid, replicating tactics documented in El-Fasher.
- According to Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, women are being "harassed, raped, and subjected to other forms of sexual violence" while trying to fill jerrycans in the city of 500,000.
- Fears of disease outbreaks like cholera are growing across Sudan, where an estimated 12.7 million women and girls currently require gender-based violence support amid the water crisis.
- Funding shortages have forced two-thirds of women-led organizations to close or scale back safe spaces, leaving vulnerable populations without essential services as the war enters its fourth year.
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The situation in the besieged city of Al-Obeid in Sudan is getting worse every day - especially the children are affected.
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Agencies: Darfur24 - UN Women expressed grave concern over the escalating pattern of violence against women and girls in El Obeid, Sudan, where drone attacks during the day and sexual violence at night have left no safe time for women and girls to fetch water, in a scene that reflects the UN's deep concern for women in El Obeid. The post UN: Drones and Sexual Violence Besiege Women in El Obeid appeared first on Darfur24 News Website.
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