{"id":302149,"date":"2024-10-04T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=302149"},"modified":"2024-10-09T11:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:56:03","slug":"un-women-statements-on-the-7-october-attacks","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-women-statements-on-the-7-october-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Women statements on the 7 October attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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04 October 2024<\/p>\n

UN Women has not wavered in our support for all women and girls.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Every act of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, is unequivocally condemned, irrespective of the nationality, identity, race, or religion of the victims.”
\n— UN Women Executive Director, 25 October 2023 briefing to the UN Security Council<\/p>\n

A snapshot of our speeches and statements with reference to the 7 October attacks include:<\/p>\n

October<\/strong><\/h4>\n

On 13 October, UN Women\u00a0condemned the 7 October attacks<\/a><\/em>, and raised the alarm about the devastating impact on women and girls, and called for the protection of all civilians and the release of all hostages.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a speech at the UN Security Council<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on 25 October, the UN Women Executive Director denounced the deaths of more than 1,000 people killed in Israel in the 7 October attacks, condemned all reports of sexual violence, and expressed deep concern for the estimated 200 hostages, many of whom are women.<\/p>\n

November<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In\u00a0a second Security Council briefing<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on 22 November, the UN Women Executive Director mourned the two mothers killed every hour in Gaza, and expressed alarm at reports of gender-based and sexual violence in the attacks on Israel, calling for thorough investigation.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a separate speech<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that day, she reiterated UN Women\u2019s calls for the unconditional release of all the hostages, many of whom are women, and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.<\/p>\n

December<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In\u00a0a statement<\/a><\/em>\u00a0on 1 December, UN Women unequivocally condemned the 7 October attacks and expressed alarm at \u201cthe numerous accounts of gender-based atrocities and sexual violence during those attacks\u201d and expressed regret that military operations had resumed in Gaza.<\/p>\n

January<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In\u00a0a statement<\/a><\/em> on 19 January, the UN Women Executive Director marked 100 days of the conflict by noting that women and children were the first victims of the conflict, and condemning \u201cshocking accounts of unconscionable sexual violence\u201d during the attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  04 October 2024 UN Women has not wavered in our support for all women and girls. “Every act of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, is unequivocally condemned, irrespective of the nationality, identity, race, or religion of the victims.” — UN Women Executive Director, 25 October 2023 briefing to the UN Security […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[2481],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,2005,6848,1741,1745,6901],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-302149","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-un-women","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-hostages","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-sexual-violence","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/302149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/302149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302152,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/302149\/revisions\/302152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=302149"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=302149"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=302149"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=302149"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=302149"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=302149"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=302149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}