{"id":37900,"date":"2026-06-24T09:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37900"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:52:20","slug":"women-girls-face-crisis-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/women-girls-face-crisis-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Women, girls face crisis in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank face severe hardship amid conflict and displacement, with funding cuts further limiting access to healthcare and protection services.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The United Nations (UN) sexual and reproductive health agency,\u00a0 UN Population Fund (UNFPA), says humanitarian needs remain extremely high as services for mothers and newborns come under strain.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Nestor Owomuhangi, UNFPA&#8217;s Representative in Palestine, told Reem Abaza of\u00a0<i>UN News\u00a0<\/i>that reports of suicidal thoughts among women in Gaza using UNFPA-supported services have more than doubled over the past two years.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Owomuhangi\u00a0highlighte the worsening psychological crisis.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37901,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-37900","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank face severe hardship","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37902,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37900\/revisions\/37902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}