For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy. Women struggle to dress modestly while crowded into a tent with extended family members, including men, and with strangers only steps away in neighbouring tents. Access to menstrual products is limited too and makeshift toilets must be shared with dozens of other people. (AP video by Abed Al-Kareem Hana and Wafaa Shurafa)
In Gaza’s crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy
For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy. Women struggle to dress modestly while crowded into a tent with extended family members, including men, and with strangers only steps away in neighbouring tents. Access to menstrual products is limited too and makeshift toilets must be shared with dozens of other people. (AP video by Abed Al-Kareem Hana and Wafaa Shurafa)