B as a result of conflict/crisis, as well as the differentiated impact of violations and breaches of the provisions of international humanitarian law. In conducting a gender analysis, it is important to understand how the socially constructed power relations between women and men affect the enjoyment of their human rights. GENDERED IMPACTS OF VIOLATIONS OR ABUSES A gender analysis should reveal the gendered and differentiated impacts on women, girls, men and boys of violations of civil, economic, political, cultural and social rights during and Example Men and women experience detention in unique ways. A careful assessment of how a human rights concern affects women and men differently will reveal specific consequences as to how the same treatment in detention has a different impact on women. Investigations reported, for example, that the limited access to toilet facilities while in detention was disproportionally affecting women. While “[t]he men had to wait for two to three hours after asking before they were allowed to leave the pits to relieve themselves […] it was [however] culturally too difficult for the women to seek permission to relieve themselves and they did not ask”. (A/HRC/12/48, para. 1116) OHCHR investigations specifically documented, in addition to security threats, the particular challenges and difficulties faced by girls in relation to the enjoyment of their human rights, including the right to access to education. “Children’s access to education has been severely compromised by the conflict […]. Numerous schools have been destroyed or damaged as a result of shelling and airstrikes. In many areas where schools remain standing and are still operating, parents report that they refrain from sending their children to school out of fear of injury to them during attacks. In some areas […] parents described being afraid to send their girls to school out of fear of abductions. Reports […] indicate that girls are no longer allowed to go to schools or are only permitted if wearing a full face veil. OHCHR has also received accounts of girls who were attacked and harassed by armed groups on their way to school ...” (A/HRC/31/CRP.3, paras. 281-282) “Many [women and girls], particularly those from the more rural parts […] have limited education, and married and had children early. Their communication with the world beyond their extended families was through their husbands or male relatives. With so many … men killed or missing, these women’s ability to survive and thrive is limited by their lack of personal and financial independence, an issue that must be addressed. Further, discussions around accountability and reconciliation, as well as what is best for [the community], must take the views and experiences of these women and girls more clearly into account.” (A/HRC/32/CRP.2, para. 80) 43