Article 79DMN A shelter worker talks about protecting Ukrainian women

A shelter worker talks about protecting Ukrainian women

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editors@theworld.org (Adam Easton)
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Around 1 million Ukrainian refugees, most of them women and children, have been living in Poland since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It's a vulnerable group: According to a report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Ukrainian women who have received protection in EU countries are frequently subjected to physical, sexual and psychological violence. Now, in Poland, the situation is becoming even more fraught as support for Ukrainians begins to erode. Adam Easton visited Martynka - a shelter for female refugees escaping gender-based violence in the Polish city of Krakow.

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