Report: Protection and Education Needs Assessment (Lebanon, 2025)

Lebanon’s protracted political, economic, and security crises have severely weakened child protection and education systems, further exacerbated by large-scale displacement, including 106,000 new Syrian arrivals and 150,000 internally displaced people in 2025, most of whom are women and children. Compounded by insecurity from Israeli strikes and armed-group tensions, the country faces a systemic education collapse marked by seven years of disruption, teacher strikes, resource shortages, and persistent barriers such as financial constraints, transportation challenges, discrimination, and documentation requirements—disproportionately affecting refugee children. Gendered vulnerabilities are acute: girls experience higher school dropout linked to child marriage, unpaid domestic work, and menstrual stigma, while boys face heightened exposure to public child labor. Protection risks—including child labor, early marriage, violence, and recruitment into armed violence—are rising amid widespread psychosocial distress and fragmented humanitarian services. Recent gender analysis highlights how conflict and displacement have intensified gender inequalities, increasing burdens on women and girls while reinforcing patriarchal norms.