Protesters denounce U.N. Women’s silence on female hostages in Gaza

"Some 80 people gathered outside of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City on Monday morning to demand that U.N. Women take action for female hostages in Gaza.

Dana Cwaigrach, co-director of the New York branch of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which organized the gathering, told JNS that the protest marked International Women Human Rights Defenders Day on Nov. 29 and highlighted the inaction of U.N. Women, which is part of the global body...

‘We know for certain there was sexual violence that occurred during captivity, and U.N. Women has done absolutely nothing,’ she added...

Liana Weinstein, a relative of Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud, who was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, told attendees that they must continue to call on international organizations to advocate for Israeli women.

‘We are gathered here because silence is not an option right now, when at this very moment women in Gaza are enduring unspeakable horror, abuse, starvation and deprivation of their very humanity,’ she said..."