Hanin Hamaduna a resilient Gazan journalist and a mother of a 14-year-old boy, embarks on an emotional journey that is as much about hope as it is about heartbreak. Today she is walking home – to whatever remains of it - in North Gaza.

The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a Call for Proposals in Palestine to support civil society organizations working to enhance meaningful participation and decision-making of women in conflict prevention processes.

Ilham Edaes, a 28-year-old health worker in the West Bank, Palestine has been back to work, every day, since May, serving the hardest-to-reach communities through a mobile clinic that offers breast cancer screening. Edaes has a five-year-old son, Majd, who is growing up watching his parents share childcare and domestic chores – an unusual occurrence in the region, where domestic and unpaid care work is largely seen as women’s work.

Recognizing the significant efforts made in the past years to respond to gender-based violence in Gaza, but the amount of needs to be addressed yet, UN Women organised on 21st and 22nd September. the first international seminar in Gaza on gender-based violence to discuss prevention, response and coordination