War is becoming a death sentence for women and girls “We were sitting on the sixth floor when they struck the seventh – my uncle’s apartment,” she said. “My uncle’s wife was screaming, ‘My children! My children are gone!’ As I rushed to help her, they fired the second shell. That’s when my mother and my siblings were killed.” Mona survived the attack in Gaza, but her mother, sister and brother did not. The airstrike destroyed her family home and left her with life-changing injuries, including an amputated leg.  Her story reflects a growing reality for millions of women and girls trapped in today’s wars. As the UN marks  Protection of Civilians Week , the number of active conflicts across the world at its highest since 1946 .…