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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 9 June 2022. Palestinian architect and artist Sherine Abdel Karim makes sculptures and paints art to raise awareness of violence against women during oblation project (Qurban in Arabic), at her atelier in Gaza city.

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 9 June 2022. Palestinian architect and artist Sherine Abdel Karim makes sculptures and paints art to raise awareness of violence against women during oblation project (Qurban in Arabic), at her atelier in Gaza city. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Sherine Abdel Karim STORYLINE: In 2019, the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics said 41% of women in Gaza had faced domestic violence. Israel’s violent actions against women in the oPt continue to escalate. During the large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip in May 2021, 38 Palestinian women were killed, 397 were wounded, and 1,603 were forcefully displaced In the context of Israel’s 14-year illegal closure of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian women are among those who bear the highest burden. The closure impacts every aspect of life in Gaza, and exacerbates inter alia unemployment, poverty, food insecurity and lack of access to medical care. Palestinian women also suffer from severe restrictions on freedom of movement, discrimination in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, and the inability of the Palestinian Ministry of Health to tackle the pandemic. Al Mezan’s documentation shows that in 2021, Palestinian women in Gaza filed 124 complaints challenging Israel’s rejection or delay in issuing medical permits for treatment in the West Bank. Sixty-two permits remain obstructed by the Israeli authorities. Relatedly, violence against Palestinian women—either due to domestic abuse or deteriorating economic and humanitarian conditions—has intensified under the quarantines imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It has been reported that all types of violence has increased, especially in families living under the poverty line, in families dependent on women for income, and in families with women as daily laborers. Footage by /APA

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