The United Nations plans to build around 400 houses by the end of the year to support women affected by terrorist attacks in four districts of Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique. According to Marie Laetitia, the UN Women representative in the country, cited by Lusa, the project will also “help promote economic empowerment.”
She added that these houses, still under construction, will benefit women living in the districts of Palma, Macomia, Muidumbe, and Chiúre, the latter being the epicenter of a new wave of terrorist attacks since the end of July.
She also noted that, due to concerns about displaced persons, the agency assisted Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) in integrating gender considerations into its climate disaster reduction policy.
Since October 2017, the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province has faced an armed rebellion with attacks claimed by groups associated with the extremist Islamic State.
According to the most recent IOM report, covering July 20 to August 3, “the escalation of attacks and the growing fear of violence” by non-state armed groups in the districts of Muidumbe, Ancuabe, and Chiúre has led to the displacement of approximately 57,034 people, comprising 13,343 families, reports the Portuguese news agency.
Source: Lusa, Jornal de Angola
