Protection of Vulnerable Women and Girls Survivors of GBV in the Gaza Strip Through Coordinated and Multisectoral Responses The project objective is “Improved protection and respect of rights of acutely vulnerable women 18-59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years survivors of GBV and increased access to essential services based on IHL and IHRL.” WAC partners with RCS4GS and WEFAQ to make incremental changes in situation of women and girls, community and duty bearers as reflected in project outcomes:1. Vulnerable women gt18-59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years manifested well-being, knowledge and confidence, good health status, economic self-reliance, legal enablement and protection 2. Targeted communities actively engaged in GBV prevention and protection and 3. Duty bearers are accountable to vulnerable women gt18-59 and gt59 years and girls lt18 years and CBOs and increasingly act to protect them and reduce incidence and impact of human rights violations against them. The project targets 16814 direct beneficiaries (9389 women and 2010 mengt18-59 andgt59 years, 4275 girls and 1140 boyslt18 years) identified based on defining vulnerability and acutely vulnerable groups according to their location, status, gender, protection risks and needs severity. Beneficiaries are selected from most affected locations in North (Arab Maslakh Beit Lahia, Siafa, Jabalia east in Ezbet Abed Rabo and Jabal Rayyes, Ezbet Beit Hanoun, Beit Hanoun ARA) handled by RCS4GS Gaza (Gaza City: Shijaia and Zaitoon, Juhor adDik) and Deir ALBalah (Bureij camp, Nuseirat camp, Mussadar, Deir Al Balah) managed by WAC and Khan Younis (Bani Suhaila, Fukhari, Qarara, Abasan AlKabira) and Rafah (Shuket Elsoofi, Rafah camp, Rafah, Mawasi) handled by WEFAQ. The project links to HRP2019 Strategic Objective 1” The rights of Palestinians living under occupation, including those living under blockade and other restrictions, are protected, respected and promoted in accordance with IHL and IHRL, while duty bearers are increasingly held to account” and Protection Cluster Objective 2 "Protection response mechanisms are in place to prevent and mitigate the effects of occupation and conflict related violence", and standard activities/indicators. Partners introduce an effective partnership model that consolidate their human capital to implement responsive, remedial and environment-building activities to address urgent needs of women/girls reflected in HNO/ HRP 2019 and achieve project objective/outcomes. Activities are: group psychological support for 960 women and 480 girls recreational days for 960 women and 480 girls individual psychological counseling to 120 women and 60 girls referral of traumatized 42 women and 18 girls psycho-therapy for 254 couples group legal counselling to 960 women and 480 girls individual legal counseling to 120 women and 30 girls legal representation to 150 women and 30 girls emergency hotline emergency health care for 480 women and 40 girls cancer diagnosis and treatment for 90 women survivors of cancer dignity kits for 225 women and 75 girls training and grants to 27 women awareness for 960 women, 960 men, 480 girls and 480 boys training of 25 women and 25 men of GBV service providers training of 25 women and 25 men from humanitarian actors periodical monitoring and coordination with GBV humanitarian key actors and 3 advocacy initiatives. This project is first phase of 2-year program in line with HRP multiyear strategy and “do no harm” principle. The second phase will be designed based on documenting lessons learned from community engagement (CwC,AAP) like 9 community meetings, 18 FGDs, complaints mechanism, 3 radio ads, 9900 brochures, 3 fact sheets, 9 press releases and pre/post evaluation. Partners follow 4W activity tracking matrix to coordinate with organizations executing activities in project locations in a way that ensures humanitarian needs are met, complementarity with ongoing projects, resilience of beneficiaries, participatory monitoring GENDER/AGE differences, environmentally neutral, protection mainstreaming, security and full access to project