Palestine 6-month Response Framework – UN Women Report

Summary

UN Women has been working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) since 1997, to achieve women’s social, economic, and political rights. Following the escalation of hostilities with the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, UN Women is responding in line with its humanitarian strategy, its long-standing work in Palestine on humanitarian assistance and women, peace, and security, and the UN and partner Flash Appeal launched on 6 November 2023. This document articulates UN Women’s 6-month plan to respond to the needs across OPT, while reflecting the distinct and rapidly evolving realities on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Through this plan, UN Women aims to ensure that the most marginalized women and their families are reached by the humanitarian assistance. UN Women will support the provision of immediate life-saving assistance, in collaboration with WFP, to 14,716 women-headed households (equal to 73,582 people) in the Gaza Strip, while also supporting gender responsive humanitarian assistance through flexible funding to women’s rights organizations across the OPT, that urgently need assistance to survive and sustain their operations. Through leadership of the national-level Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA), UN Women will advance data and analysis on the gendered impacts of the hostilities, and promote gender-responsive humanitarian operations across the UN system. This will be complemented by direct support to the advocacy efforts of Palestinian women.