GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The all-female police unit in Gaza launched a campaign in October dubbed “We Are With You” to protect girls of high school age and older from blackmail by men.
Lt. Col. Nariman Adwan, chief of Gaza's all-female police unit, told Al-Monitor, “The campaign’s primary objective is to provide women with a safe haven if ever blackmailed. We have established a free hotline and held awareness and guidance lectures that targeted schools, universities, wedding halls and workplaces such as hospitals and factories. The main problem that women face is the lack of a safe haven and confidentiality of information shared by female victims of emotional blackmail. The campaign is providing them both."