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Responding to the specific needs of people facing heightened challenges in Syria

Author: Ola Badran (WFP), Zainab Summaya (WFP), Shaheen Ashraf Shah (WFP)

https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000173938/download/
After more than a decade of crisis, women, girls, displaced communities, and other vulnerable groups in Syria continue to face heightened protection, food security, and socio-economic challenges.

In 2025, WFP Syria strengthened its commitment to inclusive, gender-responsive, and nutrition-sensitive programming, reaching 5.8 million people across the country, including 221,000 persons with disabilities. This report highlights how WFP combined life-saving assistance with longer-term recovery and resilience efforts. Through targeted cash assistance, nutrition support, school feeding, agricultural recovery, and community engagement, WFP supported vulnerable families while promoting dignity, protection, and equitable access to services. Special focus was placed on pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, children under two, female-headed households, and survivors of gender-based violence. The report also outlines WFP’s efforts to strengthen accountability to affected populations through community feedback mechanisms, inclusive targeting, protection referrals, and partnerships with national institutions, UN agencies, and local organisations. Looking ahead, WFP aims to expand cash-based assistance, strengthen inclusive digital solutions, and further integrate protection, gender equality, and community participation across all interventions to ensure assistance reaches those facing the greatest challenges in Syria.