Gaza Women Face Acute Humanitarian Crisis
Recent Developments
012025-05: UN experts said over 28,000 women and girls had been killed in Gaza, with nearly 1 million displaced and 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women expected to need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition.
022025-03 onward: UNFPA reported a total aid blockade beginning 2 March 2025, with severe shortages of menstrual supplies and nearly 90% of water and sanitation infrastructure destroyed or partially damaged.
032025-10-24: UN Women said more than 33,000 women and girls had been killed since October 2023, over one million women and girls needed food aid, and 318,000 girls had lost two school years.
042025-11 to 2026: EU humanitarian reporting said more than 2 million Palestinians lacked basic shelter, water, food, or medical care, and more than 18,500 patients still needed referral for unavailable treatment.
Interventions
- UNFPA has distributed menstrual hygiene supplies, cash and voucher assistance, postpartum kits, and support through 16 women and girls' safe spaces reaching more than 175,000 people.
- UN Women and humanitarian partners have been calling for gender-responsive aid delivery, protection measures, and prioritization of food, maternal health, and reproductive health services for women and girls in Gaza.
- EU humanitarian aid is supporting Palestinians in need with emergency assistance, including health, shelter, and nutrition support.
What Works
- Gender-responsive humanitarian aid that specifically targets women-headed households, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and girls improves access to food, health care, and protection in Gaza's conditions.
- Menstrual hygiene, safe spaces, and cash/voucher assistance help women and girls maintain dignity and access basic necessities when water and sanitation systems have collapsed.
- Maternal and reproductive health services, including postpartum kits and referral pathways for urgent medical treatment, are critical where local health systems are overwhelmed.
How to Help
- Donate to credible humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, such as UNFPA, UN Women partners, and major relief agencies with verified on-the-ground programs.
- Support organizations providing menstrual hygiene supplies, maternal health care, and safe spaces for women and girls.
- Advocate for sustained humanitarian access, protection of civilians, and funding for gender-responsive aid.
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Verified Organizations
Organizations Helping(5)
UNFPA is responding in Gaza by supporting mobile clinics, midwives, reproductive health supplies, hotlines, and counseling services for women and youth. It is also helping address out-of-stock reproductive health items and working with partners to keep life-saving maternal and newborn services available for pregnant and breastfeeding women affected by displacement and destroyed health infrastructure.
Project HOPE is supporting civilians in Gaza through health and humanitarian services, including wound care, vaccines, malnutrition treatment, and mental health and psychosocial support. For women and girls, it scales community- and clinic-based psychosocial services with a focus on gender-based violence response, child protection, and stress management, while highlighting risks to pregnant women and mothers affected by the collapse of health services.
Anera’s Women Can program helps Palestinian women-headed families in the West Bank and Gaza generate income through job skills training, business management training, and provision of tools for small enterprises. This economic-resilience approach is meant to reduce vulnerability for women who are especially exposed during the Gaza aid collapse by helping them earn income and better support their households.
WPHF supports local women’s organizations in Palestine to prevent conflict, strengthen women’s economic resilience, and increase women’s active participation in peace and humanitarian response. Its model is grantmaking to grassroots and women-led groups so they can deliver protection, livelihoods, and crisis-response services directly to affected women and girls.
