Supporting acutely vulnerable women and girls survivors of SGBV/VAW in the Gaza Strip The project aims to enhance the support of acutely vulnerable women 18 59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years victims and survivors of SGBV/VAW, particularly those  with disabilities, internally displaced, living in ARA, heads of households, widows, bereaved, divorced  and with breast cancer in the most affected areas by 2014 Offensive in Al Qaraya al Badawiya, Beit Hanoun, Juhor ad Dik, Al Bureij Camp and Khuzaa. The outcomes of the project are: 1.  vulnerable women 18-59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years manifested wellbeing, knowledge and confidence, legal enablement and protection 2. targeted communities change perceptions, beliefs and attitude and increasingly act to protect  women's human rights and contribute to end the culture of impunity for SGBV/VAW and 3. duty bearers are accountable to vulnerable women 18 59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years and CBOs and increasingly take actions to uphold mechanisms and policies, strategies and programmes to protect women and girls victims and survivors of SGBV/VAW and human rights violations against them. The project relates to the Strategic Objective # 1 of HRP2017 "Protect the rights of Palestinians under occupation in accordance with IHL and IHRL". It relates also to Protection Cluster Key Result #1 "Increased respect for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law and accountability for violations",  Key Result # 3 "GBV victims and survivors have access to multi sectoral responses," as well as the protection cluster objectives.  The project reacts to the protection cluster needs/response priorities  that include monitoring and documentation, advocacy provision of legal aid provision of structured psycho-social support support for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to receive a multi-sectoral response and awareness raising activities designed to reduce risk of GBV. It addresses the key priority activity areas indicated in the allocation strategy for the protection cluster in Gaza Strip  including specialized mental health and protection services including case management and multi-sectoral GBV services and legal aid and representation for victims seeking accountability for IHL violations. Responding to urgent needs, the project provides (60) initial psychological support for (35) women groups (560 women) and (25) girls groups (400 girls) refer (50) traumatized women and girls (40 women and 10 girls) to GCMHP provides (25) group (30 women  and 10 early married girls per group) and individual legal counseling to (130) women and (30) early married girls via WAC Legal Clinic provides legal representation in courts to targeted (130) women and (20) early married girls provides (40) awareness raising workshops for (550) women and (450) girls monitors and documents IHL and IHRL grave violations affecting (100) children girls in direct liaison with UNICEF publishes (1000) copies of documentary report organizes (2) open dialogue forums and organize an advocacy initiative on "enhancing  accountability for violations of HRL and IHL" to raise protection concerns. The project targets 4110 direct beneficiaries identified on the basis of defining vulnerability and acutely vulnerable groups according to their geographic location, status, gender, protection risks and severity of needs. The project will be adequately announced in the targeted localities using various outreach tools to give equal opportunities to direct beneficiaries who will be selected based on transparent criteria such as  focus on communities at imminent risk of displacement, or particularly vulnerable demographic groups. WAC ensures the complementarity of the project with previous and ongoing projects, advances participatory monitoring and reporting plan, adopts accountability to Affected Populations, realizes 2b gender marker and neutral environmental marker, ensures protection mainstreaming, guarantees safety and security of staff, and asserts safe access to the project localiti