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This document is a UN Women Lebanon Rapid Gender Analysis examining the gendered impacts of displacement outside collective shelters following the escalation of hostilities on March 2, 2026. It draws on qualitative interviews, consultations with women-led organizations and front-line actors, and secondary data to analyse how displacement is affecting women, men, girls and boys under dispersed living arrangements. It highlights how conditions such as household separation, overcrowding, insecure housing and economic strain are deepening gender inequalities, particularly through increased unpaid care responsibilities, heightened protection risks, and constrained access to assistance.

The analysis identifies population groups facing heightened risks, including female-headed households, adolescent girls, older persons, persons with disabilities and refugee and migrant women, and examines sectoral implications across food security, shelter, livelihoods, health, WASH, education, protection and access to assistance.

It concludes with operational recommendations to improve targeting, outreach and service delivery for populations outside collective shelters and to strengthen engagement with women-led organizations to inform the humanitarian response.

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The publication draws on insights from 43 women peacebuilders across Baalbek-Hermel, South Lebanon, Chouf-Aley, and Tripoli, gathered through focus group discussions conducted during the March 2026 escalation.

It highlights how women peacebuilders, already embedded within their communities, play a critical role in mediating tensions, supporting displaced populations, and bridging humanitarian response with longer-term recovery and peacebuilding efforts.