The report contains information about the requests received by the GBV AoR Helpdesk throughout 2023, including the countries with the highest number of requests, the regions, the types of support requested, the organizations requesting support etc. 

The humanitarian community has been united in its call for unfettered humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip so that civilians can be reached with lifesaving commodities and services.

The violence being experienced by civilians in the Gaza Strip extends beyond suffering that human beings can endure. Gazans have been deprived of the essentials of food, water, shelter, medicine, and safety. For women and girls, gender-based violence (GBV), including physical and sexual violence, is a daily threat, and the combination of threats they face represent distinct and targeted attacks on their rights, identity, and dignity. This loss of dignity is primary to their experience of this crisis. Nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe.

Crisis Context : Over the past year, gang violence dramatically increased and armed gangs’ violence has expanded. There is an increase in reports of elders, women and girls being brutally raped, tortured and kidnapped by gangs. The GBV sub-cluster estimates that 1,171,183 people will need assistance in 2024, 97% of them are girls and women, 51% in the west and 23% in Artibonite. The main risk factors for GBV are the incursion of armed gangs in communities, forced population displacement and food insecurity.