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Rim, a mother from Bednayel, Bekaa, lost the family home she and her husband had built “with love” after it was destroyed in an Israeli strike on 3 March. Beyond the physical loss, the destruction shattered a shared dream and deeply affected her young daughter, who had been preparing her new room. While struggling with grief and uncertainty, Rim continues to stay strong for her family, reflecting the heavy emotional burdens many women carry during displacement and conflict.
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Rajia Al Bitar is one of more than 500 women peacebuilders across Lebanon supported by UN Women. A social and nursing specialist, certified mediator from Saint Joseph University of Beirut, and director of the Rahbeh Development Services Center for Primary Healthcare, she has spent more than three decades serving her community in Bezbina, Akkar.
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I am speaking to you from Lebanon, where I have witnessed the impact of the ongoing killing and displacement of women and girls under a fragile ceasefire. These are violations of the most basic rights and protections afforded to civilians under international law.
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After 45 days of hostilities, a ceasefire announced on 16 April – which was extended for an additional 3 weeks - offered brief hope for displaced families in Lebanon. Some returned, only to find destruction, lack of services, and ongoing insecurity. While communities have been affected, women bear a disproportionate burden.
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Since the 10-day ceasefire took effect in Lebanon on 16 April – later extended for an additional 3 weeks- following 45 days of intense hostilities, the already fragile health system remains under severe strain. Ongoing displacement, shortages of medical supplies, and deepening psychological distress continue to overwhelm services.
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Across Lebanon, women and girls navigate continued displacement, loss, and returns home – often multiple times – as uncertainty remains part of daily life.
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UN Women reiterates its calls for de-escalation, protection of all civilians, unimpeded humanitarian access, gender-responsive humanitarian action, and for a lasting and just peace that upholds the rights, safety and dignity of all women and girls.
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UN Women echoes the Secretary-General’s welcome of the announcement of a two-week ceasefire by the United States and Iran and his alarm at the wave of Israeli strikes across Lebanon, with reports indicating that hundreds of people have been killed and injured this week alone, including women and girls. UN Women continues its calls for a lasting and just peace in the region – one that upholds the rights, safety, and dignity of all women and girls.
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The escalation in Lebanon, now in its sixth week, has stoked fear across the country and led to a mass displacement crisis, with women and girls disproportionately affected. UN Women estimates that one quarter of all women and girls across the country have been displaced since 2 March.
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Escalating conflict in Lebanon has forced hundreds of thousands of women and girls to flee their homes. Two women from South Lebanon share the impact of war on women in Lebanon.
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Remarks by Gielan El Messiri UN Women Representative in Lebanon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
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Dolly has lived with a visual impairment since she was thirteen. In early March 2026, as renewed hostilities escalated across Lebanon, she joined 140 women with disabilities mobilised through Access Kitchens established by UN Women and operated by LUPD to support displaced families.
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This story tells how women and girls in Lebanon are holding families together amid renewed displacement and crisis, facing harsh living conditions, limited access to basic services, and growing psychological stress, while continuing to show resilience and solidarity despite overwhelming challenges.
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The Government of Finland, in partnership with UN Women, today announced a new phase of their strategic cooperation to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Lebanon. Finland will contribute EUR 1.2 million over three years, building on a long-standing collaboration with UN Women that began in 2019.
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UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Sima Bahous, conducted an official visit to Lebanon from 14 to 16 January 2026, during which she reaffirmed UN Women’s steadfast commitment to supporting Lebanon at a critical moment marked by intersecting political, economic, and humanitarian challenges, while underscoring the central role of women’s leadership in recovery, stability, and peacebuilding.
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Lebanon’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the missing and forcibly disappeared from a gender perspective was launched in October 2025. The course was developed by SEEDS for Legal Initiatives and La Sagesse University, in partnership with UN Women and UN Development Programme (UNDP), with the contributions of OHCHR and the support of the Government of Canada.
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Today, 3 December, Lebanon marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities under the global theme “Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress.” The message is clear: Lebanon cannot achieve inclusive development, resilient recovery, or sustainable peace unless persons with disabilities, including women and girls with disabilities, can participate fully, enjoy equal rights, and shape the decisions that affect their lives.
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Lebanon today joins the world in launching the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, shining a spotlight on one of the fastest growing threats to women’s safety: digital violence.
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On 16 October 2025 in Tyre, UN Women Lebanon, with the Union of Tyre Municipalities and INITIATE, and support from the Government of the Republic of Korea, screened Beneath Our Battles, a documentary highlighting the strength and leadership of women in South Lebanon during and after the 2024 conflict. The event, part of the WPS+25 commemoration, reaffirmed that lasting peace in Lebanon depends on women’s voices and leadership.
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Salma El Douaihy, from Zgharta in northern Lebanon, is a former public school teacher and grandmother of four. She joined the cash-for-work carpentry initiative at Al Manchara through UN Women’s LEAP project, Women’s Economic Empowerment through Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Protection, implemented with arcenciel and generously funded by the Government of Australia.