Gaza is hell for aid workers – and it is doubly difficult if you are a woman | Buthaina Subeh

Gaza is now the world’s deadliest place for aid workers, who are providing urgent care to 1.9 million internally displaced Palestinians. Many have lost loved ones themselves yet continue to support others despite the risk

Buthaina Subeh is director of the Wefaq Association for Women and Childcare

I will not hide from you that I suffer from anxiety. Like most humanitarian workers, I can’t sleep. I can’t have sound, uninterrupted sleep as a result of the fear. Fear haunts us in every step. I am one of the founders of the Wefaq Association. Since 2010, the most important work we do is provide protection, economic, legal and psychological support, for women who have been victims of violence and for children at risk.

As the war in Gaza began, I continued to work due to my belief in women’s rights as human rights. This is what inspired me in the first place and is the reason I continue. We face big challenges, especially for us as women, going out to provide humanitarian aid. We live in a state of tension. When we leave the house, we entrust our home and our children to God: only God knows if we will be returning to them.

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