EU Commits €3 Million To UNFPA To Boost Reproductive Health and Protection Services for Palestinian Women and Girls
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 5: Gender Equality
Institutions: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Ministry of Women and Child Development
The European Union has allocated €3 million to UNFPA’s “Scaling up Lifesaving, Integrated Services on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Palestine” project, slated to assist over 122,000 individuals - including pregnant women, new mothers, survivors of violence, and other at-risk groups in Gaza and the West Bank - over the next year. As conflict persists and humanitarian needs intensify, many women lack access to essential care, giving birth in unsafe environments or without protection services.
The initiative will revitalize primary healthcare in Gaza, enhancing SRH access, and scale protection through women and girls’ safe spaces, and youth-responsive protection centers offering legal aid, psychosocial support, case management, cash assistance, and safe shelters. UNFPA will also strengthen GBV monitoring and coordination to ensure rapid responses to emerging threats. UNFPA Representative Nestor Owomuhangi highlighted the timeliness of this support, stating it will reach women in critical situations - those delivering in shelters, healing from trauma, or cut off from basic services.
Relevant question for policy stakeholders: How can India strengthen its humanitarian health response frameworks - particularly in protracted crisis settings - to provide integrated reproductive health and protection services for women and girls through multi-stakeholder partnerships?
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