Action plan seeks to reach 48 million women and girls in humanitarian crises

UNITED NATIONS, New York/SANA ’A, Yemen– When Yemen’s unrelenting conflict arrived in Taizz City late last year, Ashwaq saw her neighbourhood fall to pieces. Amid the bombardments, her house caught fire. She, her husband and their four children – including a son who is paralyzed – fled for their lives.When they arrived in Sana ’a, Yemen’s capital, Ashwaq found that the influx of displaced people had caused rents to skyrocket. She was unable to afford even the most basic accommodations. 
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