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23 million people in Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance this year, with women representing 52 percent of this figure, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2023 alone, 8 million girls and 9.2 million women across Afghanistan benefited from the humanitarian assistance provided by the OCHA, according to a report released by the organization marking the International Women\u2019s Solidarity Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2024, the report adds, 23.7 million people in the country, 52 percent of whom are women and girls, will require humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poverty, unemployment, recent earthquakes, and the recent wave of deportations of migrants from Pakistan have exacerbated the level of need in Afghanistan more than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amidst these challenges, Afghan women are facing dire circumstances due to the suppressive policies imposed by the Taliban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
23 million people in Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance this year, with women representing 52 percent of this figure, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced recently. In 2023 alone, 8 million girls and 9.2 million women across Afghanistan benefited from the humanitarian assistance provided by the OCHA, according to a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":102287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[7108],"class_list":["post-102286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-humanitarian-assistance-needed-in-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"\n