Palestine Humanitarian Emergency
Palestine remains in a state of protracted crisis as a result of continued insecurity and Israeli military occupation. Major humanitarian concerns include violence, displacement, food insecurity and restrictions on access to income-generating opportunities and essential services such as water and healthcare. Recurrent shocks, both natural and manmade, have eroded the resilience of vulnerable households, while restrictions on mobility and strict import policies have created challenges for humanitarian actors to provide the necessary assistance. The crisis has exacerbated the risk of gender-based violence (GBV) and negative coping strategies, including intimate partner violence, sexual violence and forced marriage. Internally displaced people and refugees, women and girls with disabilities and adolescents are especially vulnerable. Across Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem, UNFPA is focused on improving access to sexual and reproductive health services, strengthening support mechanisms for GBV prevention and response, rehabilitation of damaged health facilities as well as emergency preparedness.
Humanitarian needs
Humanitarian funding
Resources in $
Key results2019
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People Reached
People reached with Dignity Kits1,400
Total people reached with Adolescent SRH29,487
Total people reached with all types of GBV services507 -
Services delivered
Number of mobile clinics2
Number of safe spaces9
Health facilities that incorporate one-stop centers for GBV survivors, supported by UNFPA24 -
Capacity strengthening
Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health17,706
Personnel trained on Minimum Initial Package (MISP)511
Personnel trained on clinical management of rape77
Has established a functional system for safe and ethical gender-based incident data management
- Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
- - Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
- - Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.