UNHCR, UNICEF Chiefs, on Joint Visit to Lebanon, Call for More Action to Protect, Empower Syrian Refugee Women, Girls As World Marks International Women's Day
March 08, 2018
March 08, 2018
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 8 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, xxx, issued the following news release:
With women and girls making up more than half of the registered Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, and with nearly 40 per cent of refugee households in the country headed by women, Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, called for stronger action to protect and empower women refugees.
With women and girls making up more than half of the registered Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, and with nearly 40 per cent of refugee households in the country headed by women, Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, called for stronger action to protect and empower women refugees.