India, Sept. 15 -- Women and girls in the occupied West Bank face rising fear of violence, arrest and displacement, according to UN Women.

The agency estimates that one in eight households in the occupied West Bank is headed by a woman.

More than 20,000 women and girls have been displaced, based on UN Women's analysis of humanitarian and population data.

UN Women says checkpoints, movement restrictions and home demolitions are deepening hardship for women-headed households.

Women and girls in the occupied West Bank are facing rising fear of violence, arrest and displacement as settler attacks, military operations and movement restrictions reach a two-decade high, according to a new analysis by UN Women.

The agency said the impact was...