Reports

Ref: 11/2015 Date: 08 March 2015 Time: 10:00 GMT The 8th of March is the day proclaimed by the international community to stress women's rights that are guaranteed under the international laws and standards and to support…

Speaking with passion and composure, Noor* describes her experiences as a survivor of gender-based violence. "I feel empowered and I am rebuilding my life after experiencing violence at home. I do this through counselling and other…

HIGHLIGHTS The reporting period was marked by extreme weather as the rainy winter season arrived in Gaza. On 27 November, UNRWA declared an Emergency in Gaza City after severe flooding over a 48 hour period. No casualties…

UN Women is working with the Attorney General’s Office in Palestine on a human-rights-based approach to handling cases of domestic and gender-based violence, by training public prosecutors in line with international standards and supporting the development…

HIGHLIGHTS The most critical intervention remains cash assistance for shelter repair, transitional shelter support and reconstruction of Palestine refugees’ homes. As of 17 November, 9,291 families benefited from cash support to undertake self-help shelter repairs and, if…

HIGHLIGHTS 18 UNRWA school buildings continue to serve as Collective Centres for approximately 27,163 internally displaced persons (IDPs). Two high-level delegations visited the Gaza Strip during the reporting period. On 8 November, the new High Representative of the…

The Basque Government is supporting women in Gaza through the programme ‘Empowerment strategies to reduce vulnerability of refugee women’. Implemented by UNRWA, the programme will address the vulnerabilities faced by women, including those due to the…

HIGHLIGTS 18 UNRWA school buildings continue to serve as Collective Centres for approximately 32,419 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Monday 27 October talks in Cairo between Israel and Palestine, were postponed by Egypt in the wake of an…

The recent crisis in Gaza was the 3rd since six years and has become after 7 years of siege, closure on Gaza affecting the lives of the citizen, causing unemployment and poverty, disruption of development, and…

Thursday, 09 October 2014 11:29 RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, 9 October 2014: Increased participation by Palestinian women is crucial to creating a process towards peacefully resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and bringing sustainable development to the West Bank and Gaza, according…