The untold war: UN sounds alarm on violence against Ukrainian women

Women in Ukraine are facing a surge in gender-based violence in addition to the direct threats of conflict following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukraine representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has told Euronews. 

Ulla Müller, who leads the UNFPA team in Ukraine, warned of the escalating dangers faced by women living in the country and said gender-based violence is worsening. 

Violence against women tends to increase in conflict situations as instability exacerbates existing vulnerabilities, Müller told Euronews.  

"Gender-based violence is the shadow of the crisis that no one talks about. That has to end,” she said, adding that it is a topic people tend to ignore because it is u...
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