The Syria crisis is a prime example of how women and girls almost invariably bear the brunt of the impact of humanitarian crises, with assessments showing that the lives of Syrian women and girls are marked by mutually reinforcing forms of violence and gender inequality, often exacerbated by discriminatory attitudes based on age, displacement status, disability, and/or marital status. This has been conducive to the normalization of gender-based violence and the creation of an environment in which women and girls are consistently devalued, controlled, exploited, and then blamed for the violence they face. 

 

This report provides a gender sensitive analysis of existing data to inform the upcoming 2024 Whole of Syria (WoS) Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). It also gives a clear picture of existing gaps and provides evidence to inform the Syria Strategic Steering Group members’ and humanitarian leadership’s advocacy efforts to strengthen gender considerations throughout the humanitarian response and to ensure proper accountability.

 

Key findings, challenges, and recommendations of the analysis report can be found in the advocacy brief published in June 2023.