women in gaza
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Central to New Zealand’s trail-blazing image is our standing on women’s rights. We were the first country in the world to give women the right to vote, as well as the first in which the five highest offices of power were held by women.
Why is it then that our government is now silent about the flagrant abuse of women's rights being perpertrated against the women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank in Palestine?
Israel’s assault on the innocent civilians of Gaza has resulted in:
Palestinians have been living under illegal Israeli occupation since 1967, suffering daily human rights violations. The Israeli Occupation Forces and illegal settlers perpetrate many forms of violence on frightened and insecure civilians.
While occupation impacts an entire population, the loss of life and security, restricted movement, displacement, and denial of access to basic services and resources often has a more severe impact on women and girls.
Palestinian women and girls are brave, powerful, intelligent, resilient and empathetic. They are loving mothers and caring daughters. Palestinian women deserve peace and justice. Women across the world need to demand the end to the occupation so they can live in dignity.
“In Gaza, we cannot meet our simplest and most basic needs: eating well, drinking safe water, accessing a toilet, having sanitary pads, taking a shower, or changing our clothes.”
~ Gazan woman
“I live in a house with 53 women. No pads are anywhere to buy; and we used all the cloth that we have in this house and can’t access more because the shops are either closed or destroyed.”
~ Gazan woman
