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Jacqueline Mahon

Jacqueline Mahon is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Ukraine. She has worked for over three decades in humanitarian and development roles around the world, including senior positions with UNFPA in Washington, D.C., and Tanzania. She has also held roles with the Aga Khan Foundation, the Overseas Development Institute UK, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the World Bank Group.

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The war's hidden explosions: The mental health toll inside Ukraine's homes

by Jacqueline Mahon
About the author: Jacqueline Mahon is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative to Ukraine. After the start of the full-scale invasion, Olha (name changed due to safety concerns) and her husband took in his mother to live with them. When her husband left for the front line, Olha stayed in the apartment alone with her mother-in-law. The relationship between the two women deteriorated and became violent. After repeated assaults by her mother-in-law, Olha was forced to leave the a