Promoting prevention and protection responses to acutely Vulnerable Women and Girls Victims and Survivors of SGBV in the Marginalized Localities of Gaza Strip. WAC partners with WEFAQ and RCS4GS to implement joint and specialized activities towards realizing the project objective. The project aims to improve protection and respect of rights of acutely vulnerable women 18-59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years survivors of SGBV including IDPs, WWDs and with breast cancer, and increase their access to essential services based on IHL and IHRL in most affected areas by 2014 Offensive in North (Jabalia camp and town, Beit Lahia neighborhoods, east Jabalia,in Ezbet Abed Rabo and Jabal Rayyes implemented by RCS4GS), Gaza and Deir AL Balah governorates (Shijaia, Al Mussadar, Wadi Salqa, Maghazi Camp implemented by WAC) , and Rafah governorate (Shuket Elsoofi and Al Nasser- Al Bayuk implemented by WEFAQ). The outcomes are:1. Vulnerable women 18-59 andgt59 years and girls lt18 years manifested well-being, knowledge and confidence, good health status, economic self-reliance, legal enablement and protection 2. Targeted community actively engaged in SGBV prevention and protection 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 protect them and reduce incidence and impact of human rights violations against them. The project relates to HRP 2018 Strategic Objective # 1 and to Protection Cluster Objective # 2 " Protection response mechanisms are in place to prevent and mitigate the effects of the occupation and conflict related violence", and the standard output indicators and activities under this cluster objective. The project also supports the third objective of allocation strategy “Prevent further collapse of critical child protection, MHPSS and GBV support in Gaza Strip, as conditions there deteriorate further in the first half of 2018”. It addresses urgent needs of most vulnerable groups (women 18-59 and gt59 years, children girlslt18 years) as reflected by allocation strategy and HNO 2018 through inclusive and high quality GBV multi-sectoral responses including child protection, MHPSS and case management, dignity kits, rights-based advocacy with duty bearers, and legal aid services. Responding to urgent needs, the project provides psychological support for 90 women groups including 960 women 18-59 and gt59 years (48WWDs, 7WWBC) and 480 girls (24GWDs) lt18 years refers traumatized 42 women and 18 girls provides “Dignity” kits for 165 women and 45 girls, provides group (816 women and 408 early married girls) and individual legal counseling to 165 women and 51 early married girls via partners’ Legal Clinics provides legal representation to 150 women and 51 early married girls provides awareness raising for 816 women and 408 girls publishes 9000 pamphlets publishes 3 fact sheets provides medical services for 420 women and 205 girls initiates emergency hotline provides therapy sessions for 90 young couples provides psycho-drama sessions for 72 girls and 72 boys trains and provides financial grants to 12 women entrepreneurs and organizes 3 advocacy initiatives. The project targets 13673 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 announced in 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. Partners ensure complementarity of 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 project.