‘Majority of displaced populations in Afghanistan’ are women: UN says

The UN Women in Afghanistan said that “women make-up the majority of the displaced populations in Afghanistan. The inability to exercise property rights or seek legal help means women in informal settlements live every day in fear of being evicted.”

“Women and girls are affected by negative coping mechanisms due to lack of food. Women are forced to sell their assets to buy food, or, in most extreme cases, families have to sell their girls for marriage,” UN women in Afghanistan said on Twitter.

“We have sold the home belongings. We had an old carpet and we sold it to provide for our expenses. We have food for lunch, we are worried about dinner,” one of the vulnerable women said, TOLOnews reported.

The World Food Program in Afghanistan (WFP) said that it has been providing assistance to women across the country.