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This reality also deepens, for example, if they are members of the LGBTQ+ community, or if they have a disability. However, women and girls face the worst of war and conflict, often being seen not as the human beings they are, but as weapons of war - being horrifically objectified so that their needs, emotions, and rights are unrecognisable to the perpetrators of violence. You can learn more about how war drives poverty by reading our explainer here. Citizens flee their homes toward uncertain displacement food and other necessities for well-being become scarce economies face huge losses and nations see the mass destruction of infrastructure. In its entirety, war is an enemy of progress and threatens to increase extreme poverty for people and nations. Simply because of their gender, women and girls caught in the middle of war experience sexual violence, physical and verbal abuse, and barriers in accessing resources and having their human rights met this is of course all on top of being directly exposed to conflict on the front lines and facing life-threatening conditions. This is because the same has been true of almost all wars and conflicts in history it is also something we’ve seen in violence that is currently ongoing in other parts of the world such as the Sahel, Tigray, and Afghanistan.
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The current war in Ukraine is widely expected to hurt women and girls more than any other population, both in the short and long term. War, conflict, and crises introduce women and girls to a very real fear: that their safety and human rights will be the last priority amid the violence.
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