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This Situation Report (#2) provides an overview of the Protection Sector emergency response in Lebanon covering the period 2 to 23 March 2026.
Amid escalating conflict, displacement has surpassed one million people, with significant humanitarian consequences, including civilian casualties, widespread infrastructure damage, and increasing barriers to access for affected populations. The report highlights heightened protection risks, particularly for women, children, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, with growing concerns around gender-based violence, psychological distress, and child protection issues.
The report outlines key response achievements across Protection, Child Protection, and Gender-Based Violence (GBV), including the delivery of psychosocial support, awareness sessions, dignity kits, and emergency protection cash assistance. It also details ongoing efforts to scale up community engagement, protection monitoring, and service delivery in both collective shelters and host communities.
Despite these efforts, the response is constrained by access limitations in hard-to-reach areas, closure of critical service facilities, funding gaps, and overstretched partner capacity. The report underscores urgent needs to expand specialized services, strengthen case management capacity, and sustain community-based protection mechanisms.
A spotlight section further highlights the role of NGOs in supporting shelter access for migrants and vulnerable populations, emphasizing the importance of scaling up community-based responses as displacement continues.