TABLE OF CONTENTS
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR .................................................................................................................. 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................... 2
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Research objectives and scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Women and girls face a disproportionate risk of hunger and starvation ................................................................................ 11
Women and girls are excluded from existing food distribution systems ................................................................................ 12
Women and girls experience intersectional risks and vulnerabilities ..................................................................................... 14
Women and girls face long-term physical and mental health impacts ................................................................................... 18
DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................................... 22
Systematic violations of international humanitarian law are harming women and children the most ............................ 22
Gender-responsive aid requires a professional and community-led humanitarian response .................................................... 22
The scale of mass casualty and forced displacement in Gaza creates a triple burden for women and girls ................. 23
Hunger and starvation compound grief and trauma, but they cannot extinguish hopes for the future ............................ 24
RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 26
CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................................... 28
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ 29
REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................................... 30