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Students in Gaza participate in a summer camp organized by UNRWA. © 2021 UNRWA Photo by Mohamed Hinnawi

Annual Operational Report 2021

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27 October 2022
About UNRWA - 2022

About UNRWA - 2022

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17 November 2022
A schoolgirl celebrates her first day back to learning at the UNRWA Am’ari Girls School, West Bank. © 2020 UNRWA Photo by Iyas abu Rahmeh

annual operational report 2020

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10 August 2021
The Fares family are amongst the more than 18,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria receiving unconditional cash assistance from UNRWA in Jordan. © 2020 UNRWA Photo by Lubna Hashem

strategic plan 2023-28

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23 January 2023
Gender Bulletin 110

Gender Bulletin 110

UNRWA successfully launched the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender Based Violence (GBV). There are more than 110 activities related to protection and prevention of GBV carried out across the five UNRWA field offices; including the 4th Gender Forum and screening of the TV...
Acting UNRWA Commissioner-General Mr. Christian Saunders

Acting UNRWA Commissioner-General Mr. Christian Saunders

On 06 November 2019, Mr. Christian Saunders was appointed Acting Commissioner-General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Prior to his appointment to UNRWA, Mr...
© 2019 UNRWA Photo by UNRWA

Gender Bulletin 109

UNRWA joined the 16 Days Activism Campaign to eliminate gender-based violence. Happening from 25 November to 10 December, this year’s theme is “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against All Forms of GBV.” A number of events are organized across all five fields of...
© 2019 On the winds of hope in Gaza by Majdal Nateel

Gender Bulletin 108

UNRWA has just received the annual assessment of its performance on Gender Equality through the United Nations System Wide Action Plan for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN-SWAP 2.0), a framework of 17 performance indicators that measures progress on commonly...
Gender Forum on cash assistance and gender equality. © 2018 UNRWA Photo

Gender Bulletin 107

Phase II of the “Building Safety” project was closed by the end of August 2019, ending nine years of funding for UNRWA GBV interventions. UNRWA finalized a GBV transition plan to mainstream GBV under its main programmes in September and its implementation will start in the...

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