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When wars destroy heritage, women lose more than monuments – new research
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New research examines how destruction of cultural heritage sites during armed conflicts disproportionately affects women, with UNESCO documenting significant damage to cultural sites across Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran.
When wars destroy heritage, women lose more than monuments – new research
As conflict continues in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and elsewhere, the cost is being recorded not only in deaths and displacement, but also in ruined libraries, mosques, churches, museums, archives and historic neighbourhoods.
UNESCO has verified damage to 527 cultural sites in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion; 164 sites in Gaza since October 7 2023; and damage to the World Heritage-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran following a nearby airstrike.
These losses are usually described as attacks o
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