Bangladesh, July 13 -- The UN's deputy rights chief on Monday said the collective impact of climate change, Covid-19 pandemic and conflict mean that well over 200 million people will likely need humanitarian assistance by 2022.

"The situation is worrying especially for women and girls," Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights told the UN Human Rights Council at a discussion on how to improve accountability for women and girls in emergencies.

Women and girls face additional hardships from the pandemic - including sexual abuse, particularly those displaced by war, she said, reports UN News.

She also said that "experience demonstrates that insecurity and displacement fuel increases in sexual and gender-based violence, as...