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Women and girls in conflict and fragile settings face an extreme risk of violence and its consequences are devastating for their physical, sexual, reproductive, and mental health. This is not a warning. It is reality. In #Gaza, war has turned the region into an epicentre of women’s deaths in conflict, with two women or girls killed every hour. Most have been displaced multiple times, exposed to violence at every stage of their journey. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (#DRC), even before the latest escalation, three women died every hour from pregnancy and birth-related complications. Adolescent girls accounted for a third of reported violence cases. In #Sudan, conflict-driven sexual violence, including rape and abduction, is surging, alongside intimate partner violence, child marriage, and coercion into sex for survival. Survivors are left with severe physical and psychological scars. Safety is a human right, even in conflict. There is #NoExcuse for violence. It must stop...

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