In Gaza, helping mothers reunite with children separated by the COVID-19 lockdown
(WorldNews Sweden)

The COVID-19 lockdown in Palestine left many women with no legal backing to secure child visitation and custody rights. Former partners took advantage of the legal paralysis to prevent mothers from seeing their children or to stop sending alimony. A joint programme by UN Women, UNDP and UNICEF has trained lawyers and provided free legal aid for 371 Palestinian women. Date: Monday, July 13, 2020 Marima* was desperate after her husband abandoned her with their two young daughters (aged 1.5 and 3), leaving them with no financial support. `I could not afford to buy them diapers or milk,` she recalls. `I went to his family to complain about their son`s behaviour and how he left us and asked them...