Group photo of the teams from UN Women Egypt and the Egyptian Red Cresent together with representatives from the National Council for Women. Photo: UN Women/Menna Negeda
UN Women Egypt in partnership with the Egyptian Red Crescent delivered desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian women and children in Gaza. The ERC/UN Women nine-truck convoy that entered Gaza includes 7,000 kits for Palestinian women and children, including commodities to address their essential needs.
“Under the UN Flash Appeal for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), UN Women has partnered with the Egyptian Red Crescent in its efforts to support women in Gaza, in coordination with our offices in OPT,” said Christine Arab, Country Representative, Egypt, UN Women. “UN Women commends the Egyptian National Council for Women and the Palestinian Ministry of Women’s Affairs on their strong advocacy with the international community on the needs of women and girls in Gaza.”
Since 7 October 2023, more than 1.9 million people - 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza- have been displaced, including what UN Women estimates to be nearly 1 million women and girls. Recent figures also indicate that 70 per cent of Palestinians killed were women and children, and that two mothers are killed in Gaza every hour. The war in Gaza has left Palestinian women and girls in devastation, without access to adequate food, water, sanitation, and hygiene, impacting their mental and physical well-being and dignity.
As the war in Gaza continues and the need for immediate humanitarian assistance intensifies, UN Women is implementing a 6-month multisectoral response plan that focuses on the immediate provision of humanitarian assistance as well as support to the enhancement of humanitarian coordination on the ground to address the dire needs of women and girls.
UN Women is also partnering with women-led organizations to deliver gender responsive services and to address the different challenges women and girls face, including protection and well-being.
UN Women continues to call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and that no effort be spared to ensure women’s and girls’ protection and safe access to rapid, unimpeded, and gender-responsive humanitarian assistance.
For more information, please contact:
- Maha Rateb; Communications and Advocacy Analyst, UN Women Egypt at [ Click to reveal ]
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UN Women’s Egypt Strategic Note 2023–2027 aims to advance gender equality and women's empowerment, directly supporting implementation of related provisions in the Constitution, Egypt Vision 2030 and the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030.
The programme, implemented across the country, focuses on women's leadership and system-wide support to advance gender equality and economic empowerment, and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. Key approaches include fostering nationally owned, positive social norms; supporting all women’s equitable access to services and resources; advocating for women’s leadership and voice; assisting the production, analysis and use of nationally owned gender statistics; and coordinating UN system work on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Major partners comprise government institutions, civil society organizations, private sector partners and international agencies. These collaborations enhance programme effectiveness and sustainability. Strategic Note direct funding supports country office initiatives and amplifies impacts through strategic resource allocation.
