Pars Today- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called the year 2024 as the worst year recorded for children in the history of the institution due to the criteria such as the number of the harmed children and the impact of quarrels on their life.
Pars Today’s news package contains various items about women and children excerpts of which are: 2024 as the worst year recorded for children in the UNICEF history, crisis of violence against British women, free treatment of poor women in Iran who are suffering from cancer, and warning over abuse of the American police of women and homeless people.
2024: worst year recorded for children in UNICEF history
Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s Executive Director, pointing to the rise in the number of harmed children and the dire situation of women and girls due to sexual harassment and violence in quarrels, said, “According to nearly all criteria, the year 2024 was the worst year for children.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, has also announced that %60 of [over] 45 thousand martyrs of the Gaza Strip have been women and children.
Crisis of violence against women in Britain
The British daily, The Guardian, reviewing the cases of 80 women murdered in 2024 in the country, reported that, according to police statistics, one woman is killed by a man on average every three days.
Poor women with cancer receive free treatment in Iran
A cancer research center in Iran informed of free-of-charge screening, diagnosis and treatment of women suffering from breast cancer and said, “This research center has identified poor patients in Iran and is treating them freely.”
Warning against US police harassment of women and homeless people
The investigation of the US Justice Department has revealed that the police officers exert sexual harassment on women in some of the cities which are apparently to put the laws for supporting women into effect. This investigation includes a list of the US police measures such as sexual harassment of women, maltreatment of the homeless, exploitation of poor persons, threatening and harassment of children, ridicule and detention of persons suffering from psychological and behavioral problems, and punishment of protesters who use their legal right to freedom of expression.
New family laws in Morocco giving more rights to women
The new laws of Morocco pertaining to home and family have been introduced with a focus on women. Abdul Latif Wehbi, the Moroccan Minister of Justice, announced, “The first review of the country’s family law during the past 20 years, will grant more rights to women in the fields of child custody and guardianship and the right to veto polygamy.”
Keywords: Iran, US, women, Morocco
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