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UN provides assistance to more than 8,000 displaced women in Libya

Xinhua,March 31, 2018 Adjust font size:

TRIPOLI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have provided assistance to more than 8,000 displaced women in Libya.

"In order to respond to the growing needs of vulnerable displaced women across Libya, UNHCR and UNFPA, with the support of German funding, are currently distributing 8,517 dignity and hygiene kits in 16 different locations in the areas of Tripoli, Misrata, Sabha, Nafusa Mountains, Bani Walid, Janzour, Ubari and Murzaq," the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement on Friday.

"Displaced women and girls represent one of the most vulnerable groups in Libya, where an estimated number of 500,000 persons are either internally displaced or have returned home following a period of displacement," the statement added.

The mission said that the agencies will "continue to support the empowerment and protection of displaced women and girls in Libya, fostering their participation in civil society dialogues and ensuring their voices are heard."

Earlier this year, the UN mission launched a humanitarian response program in Libya, which seeks to raise 313 million U.S. dollars to help more than one million Libyans. Enditem

 

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