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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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UN Women has released its second Flash Update on the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon, covering the period between 7 March and 10 April 2026. The update highlights the scale and reach of UN Women’s gender-responsive humanitarian response, which has supported over 30,800 crisis-affected individuals across the country, including 6,226 direct beneficiaries, 99 per cent of whom are women, and more than 24,650 people reached indirectly.

Notably, 30 per cent of those reached were outside collective shelters, reflecting targeted efforts to address critical gaps among underserved and hard-to-reach populations. The update also outlines key protection concerns, including increased risks of gender-based violence, barriers to essential services, and rising unpaid care burdens, while presenting UN Women’s priority interventions across protection, livelihoods, cash assistance, and gender analysis.