Women in Gaza get just £3 each in funding to prevent gender-based violence Women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank are not receiving enough funding to help prevent gender-based violence, new figures have shown.
(Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2.76 million women live in Gaza and the West Bank in 2024.
(Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)] Education funding is also dangerously low in Gaza and the West Bank, with children receiving just £19 each through the UN Humanitarian Appeal.
‘Displacement, food insecurity, and disruptions to essential services increase the risk of all forms of gender-based violence which include sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and early and forced child marriage.’.
Figures released by the United Nations found global funding to protect women and girls against gender-based violence amounted to just £3 per person in 2024.
