As Syria enters its 09th year of conflict, it struggles with a dire humanitarian situation. Recent reports and estimations indicated that around 11.1 million people are in need (as of end of Jan 2020), around 6.1 million are IDPs (as of July 2019 according to the population task force), around 1.4 million people are IDPs returnees during 2018, and the population task force estimated around 260,000 people IDPs & Refugees-returnees during January-July 2019.
Those particularly at risk are pregnant and lactating women, widows, children, people with disabilities, the elderly and other groups or people living with disabilities or diminished coping mechanisms. Multiple displacements and lack of access to basic Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and other health services further exacerbate the needs of individuals and communities, in addition to significantly increasing the risks of gender-based violence (GBV) which also includes desperate measures that further increase the likelihood of protection threats, such as sexual exploitation, forced and early marriage.