Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund

Since the escalation of violence between Palestinian armed groups and Israeli forces on October 7, the humanitarian system in Gaza is facing a total collapse with unimaginable consequences for more than 2 million civilians. The continued siege on Gaza is affecting water supply, food, medicine and other basic needs. Total fatalities have reached over 11,180 as of November 13, of whom 67 percent are children and women, and will keep rising as the telecommunications shutdown has brought the already challenging delivery of humanitarian assistance to a complete halt (Reliefweb International, UN OCHA). An estimated 1.5 million people are internally displaced due to ongoing hostilities, disproportionately impacting displaced women and girls who face elevated risks of sexual and labor exploitation, trafficking in persons, and forced marriage. Limited access to health services due to lack of electricity, medical supplies and destruction of medical infrastructure poses a great risk to the over 50,000 pregnant women and their newborns. While local women’s organizations in Gaza, the West Bank and across Palestine are serving as first responders on the ground to deliver humanitarian assistance and ensure the specific needs of women and girls are met and their rights protected, they are severely underfunded. This is why the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund is mobilizing urgently needed financing to help sustain their operations as they continue to provide critical support to their communities on the front lines. Join us and give what you can today to support local women’s organizations leading the humanitarian response on the front lines of Palestine and around the world. Thank you for your support.

Climate change is an increasing urgent global imperative impacting every region of the world. According to the latest data by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), over 3.3 billion people are “highly vulnerable” to the devastating threats of climate change, which are driving higher levels of conflict, political instability, population displacements, poverty, and hunger across borders. But the impacts of climate change come at a higher cost for women and girls. In the face of rising temperatures and increasingly unpredictable weather, structural gender inequalities are making women and girls disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global climate crisis, leaving them with fewer resources and opportunities to prevent, adapt, and recover. These issues are exacerbated in climate-induced crises, where economic loss, growing conflict, forced migration, and the lack of access to basic resources are heightening the risk of gender-based violence and putting the livelihoods of women and girls at stake. But when a climate catastrophe strikes, women are on the frontlines leading local interventions and response efforts to escalating climate-related security risks in their communities and ensuring the needs of the most vulnerable are met. The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund is supporting local women leaders and climate activists working at the forefront of climate action in their communities. Your gift will support women leaders to sustain their impactful work building a more resilient, climate-secure, and peaceful world. Join us and contribute what you can today.