The 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) began its two-week long gathering on Monday with an urgent call for commitments and action towards the full and meaningful inclusion of the world’s women and girls in climate solutions.
We meet at a moment that brings our mandate as the UN into especially sharp focus. All crises and conflicts exact their highest price from women and girls; from Myanmar to Afghanistan, from the Sahel to Haiti, from Palestine to Syria, to Somalia, to Yemen, to Ethiopia. The horrifying war in Ukraine now joins this list.
The conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation began in 2014 and continues today. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 13,300 people have lost their lives and 25,000 have been wounded since 2014. A total of 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their place of residence to other regions in Ukraine and approximately 1 million refugees have moved to bordering countries. Donbass has become one of the world s most mine-filled zones, together with Afghanistan and Iraq.
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