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OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY.




The majority of the Palestinian population living in the occupied Palestinian
territory (oPt) are children and youth. Decades of conflict and the ongoing
military occupation and blockade of Gaza hinder the right to self-determination
and consequently, has adverse impacts on the development of Palestinian
communities, greatly increasing the vulnerability of children, particularly
children most impacted by inequality and discrimination. Palestinian children
and their families continue to live in an environment characterized by violence,
poverty and insecurity. According to the UN, there are 2.1 million Palestinians
in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) who are in need of humanitarian aid,
almost half of which are children.

Although there has been some progress towards achieving children’s rights in the
oPt, 2.31 million children continue to suffer from the impact of occupation and
intra-Palestinian division. Children with disabilities often face additional
challenges due to the barriers they face to access services and are often 
stigmatised and discriminated against.

In the West Bank, restrictions on movement and access, home demolitions and
forced displacement have a significant impact on children’s lives. Challenges to
life, security, and human dignity are realities for children living in highly
vulnerable areas.

In Gaza, the long term impacts of five military escalations on Gaza while under
an ongoing blockade of over 15 years, exposes children to violence and constant
deprivation in their daily lives and affects girls and boys in a multitude of
ways. Severe restrictions on movement in all areas of the country and continuing
political instability have reduced the ability of families to cope and
significantly weakened their access to services, including health care, mental
health, and education services.

This has also compounded the effects of climate change on the Palestinian
environment and population. Palestinians, especially children, under occupation
suffer the effects of climate change more severely. The central climate change
impacts that affect Palestinians include decreased precipitation, significant
warming, more frequent extreme weather events, a rise in sea levels and a
reduction in potable water. In the long run, these will have a greater impact on
access to resources and children will bear the brunt of this.  



Save the Children's response

Save the Children has been working with Palestinian children since 1953, with a
permanent presence in the occupied Palestinian territory since 1973. Our main
aims are to ensure children survive, learn, and are protected from all types of
abuse. We are currently working with over 30 partners to achieve this aim.

We work with various Palestinian ministries to create an environment that
ensures children are protected and their rights are achieved through legislative
and policy changes and by informing government priorities for the development of
children. We also support national monitoring and reporting systems to uphold
children’s rights at the community, national and international levels.

Save the Children works with partners to provide quality education, protection
for children, access to early childhood development, and employment
opportunities for youth at risk, with a focus on those most vulnerable.  Given
growing consensus that climate and conflict strongly intersect, and that each
compounds the other, Save the Children is working on child centred climate
change programing, advocacy and campaigning, focusing on environmental
education, community based adaption and climate activism.

Finally, a significant part of the Country Office’s strategy is to strengthen
the capacities of civil society and local partners to promote child rights
issues, and to increase the participation of children in the decision-making
space which affects their lives. We are working on increasing the accountability
of duty bearers towards children while strengthening the resilience of children,
schools and communities in the context of the ongoing occupation.


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