Country: Lebanon Sources: UN Children’s Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Population Fund Please refer to the attached file. The protection environment in Lebanon has significantly deteriorated amid escalating violence, with over 1.04 million people displaced, 6,445 incidents recorded, and 1,888 deaths reported as of early April. Widespread insecurity, repeated displacement, and limited access to services are intensifying vulnerabilities, particularly for children, women, and marginalized groups. A growing proportion of IDPs remain outside collective shelters, facing reduced access to basic services, overcrowding, and heightened risks of gender-based violence (GBV), exploitation, and psychological distress. Despite operational constraints, protection partners reached 93,072 individuals with protection, child protection, and GBV services. This includes 43,739 people reached through awareness sessions, 34,105 receiving psychosocial support and case management, and 10,293 women and girls provided with dignity kits. Updated GBV referral pathways and new coordination tools have been rolled out, alongside strengthened community-based protection and emergency case management guidance to support frontline response. Child protection needs have sharply increased following recent escalations, with rising cases of family separation and trauma exposure. A total of 38 unaccompanied and separated children have been identified, with ongoing tracing efforts. GBV risks are also escalating, including increased reports of intimate partner violence and exploitation linked to economic hardship and displacement. Meanwhile, access constraints, funding gaps, and overstretched capacities continue to limit the scale and coverage of life-saving services, particularly in hard-to-reach areas and among populations outside collective shelters.

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