Displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, the UN Refugee Agency said, according to AFP.
The UNHCR said they may be forced into “survival sex” or child marriages.
“We need to pay urgent attention to the protection of refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls at the time of this pandemic,” said Gillian Triggs, the UNHCR assistant high commissioner for protection.
“They are among those most at-risk. Doors should not be left open for abusers and no help spared for women surviving abuse and violence.”
