Women comprised 14 per cent of all civilian casualties during this period, with a total of 727 women casualties recorded (219 killed and 508 injured), an increase of 82 per cent compared with the first six months of 2020. 8 Anti-Government Elements were responsible for 57 per cent of women casualties, while Pro-Government Forces were responsible for 31 per cent, and crossfire/other accounted for the remaining 12 per cent of women casualties. Ground engagements, the leading cause of women casualties during the first six months of 2021, caused 46 per cent of all women casualties. This was followed by non-suicide IEDs, responsible for 35 per cent, targeted killings (including targeting of men where women were incidentally impacted), responsible for nine per cent, and airstrikes, responsible for seven per cent of women casualties.

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