NEW YORK: Palestinian suffering was a major topic on Monday at the UN General Assembly’s high-level meeting on women’s empowerment.
The event marked 30 years since the Beijing Declaration was adopted by the UN, which describes it as “the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights.”
Arab representatives and others emphasized the suffering of Palestinian women and girls in Gaza at Monday’s meeting.
“There, we’ve seen female journalists reporting their own family’s displacement, cesareans performed by flashlight without anesthesia, and new mothers, too malnourished to nurse and denied access to infant formula, watching as their babies fall to famine,” said Jordan’s Queen Rania.
“Israel’s war on Gaza has shortened women’s life expectancy by 30 years. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, what have global promises done for them?
