The National Poverty Targeting Programme is the largest regular poverty-targeted social safety net cash assistance programme in Lebanon for the poorest & most marginalized Lebanese families. A gender analysis of the NPTP was undertaken by the Ministry of Social Affairs, the World Food Programme, & UN Women between April & June 2022. The objective of this analysis was to examine how the NPTP has impacted the lives of women, girls & other marginalized people of concern & how the programme can improve its processes to ensure this assistance is safe & accessible to women & girls. More
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Since 2020, the United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has supported a total of 24 projects led by 31 organizations in Lebanon. WPHF is currently supporting 12 projects in Lebanon in 2023/24 under the third round of funding, focused on improving women’s participation in peacebuilding and enhancing the protection, security and mental health of women and girls. These initiatives target women and girls experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’s key principle of leaving no one behind. In Addition, institutional funding is also allowing civil society organizations working on gender-specific issues in peacebuilding and humanitarian contexts to sustain itself and maximize its impact.
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This newsletter captures the latest updates on the implementation of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) in Lebanon. The newsletter includes the key highlights and achievements of the WPHF programme partners' towards enhancing women’s participation in the Beirut Port Explosion’s response and recovery process.
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The aim of the study is to understand the pathways that Syrian refugee women utilise to access justice for SGBV cases in Lebanon, both in the state legal and judicial system (formal) and within community-based mechanisms (informal). Focus is given to unpacking the informal justice landscape for Syrian refugee communities, given the limited concrete documentation of community-based dispute resolutions and related practices specifically for SGBV issues.
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UN Women is at the forefront of the global drive to remove gender barriers because we believe in a world of justice and human rights for everyone. Towards that end, and as the only United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality, we marshal the world’s best gender expertise and the considerable resources of the United Nations. We connect people in many realms, the national and international, the public and private, activists and officials. Together, our efforts are more than any of us could pursue alone.