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Human Rights
Women
Palestinian women live in a difficult situation. They bear the costs of Israel's occupation and oppression and they play a central role in Palestinian society. Included in this section are reports, articles, reviews of relevant and relating topics concerning the rights of women and the role of women in armed conflicts.
Overview
Follow-up Information Submitted to the
Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (PDF) Badil (July 2005)
Palestinian Women’s Health During the Second Intifada (PDF) WCLAC (April 2005)
Palestinian women carry the burden of Israel's occupation, Amnesty International (31 March 2005)
NGO Alternative Pre-Sessional Report to UN CEDAW (PDF) (January 2005)
United Nations
Pregnant women must get urgent access to health care in Ocucpied Palestinian Territory, UNFPA (30 August 2006)
UN Agencies: Deeply alarmed by continuing violence in Gaza, UN humanitarian agencies (3 August 2006)
UN’s Committee on Women criticizes Israel, Jeff Handmaker (22 August 2005)
Concluding comments: Israel (PDF) CEDAW (22 July 2005)
Palestinian women experience major poverty induced by loss of spouses, UN says, UN News (15 February 2005)
UN Women's Commission approves draft resolution on Palestinian women, CSW (11 March 2004)
Women's Day: UN agencies concerned with living conditions of Palestinian women, OCHA (8 March 2004)
Violations
Victims of Violence, Ahmad Sub Laban (17 March 2005)
Expelled Palestinian woman allowed to return to West Bank, PCHR (3 March 2004)
UN Human Rights Committee: "Revoke new ban on family reunification law", Adalah (10 August 2003)
Life and Health During the Israeli Invasion of the West Bank: The City of Nablus, Rita Giacaman and Abdullatif Husseini (16 May 2002)
A report on the Situation of Women's Human Rights (PDF) WCLAC (February 2001)
The Second Palestinian Intifada: Social and Psychological Implications for Palestinian Women, WCLAC (2001)
Women in situations of organised violence: A case of double jeopardy (PDF) Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas (WCLAC)
Activism
Women Against the Wall, Fatima Khaldi (16 July 2004)
Palestinian women mobilising to resist Israel's Apartheid Wall, IWPS (17 September 2003)
Art, Music & Culture
Palestinian woman is first Arab woman to climb Europe's highest peak, WAFA (19 August 2005)
Bookstore
Women's Issues
Websites
Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling
Jerusalem Center for Women
Women's Studies Center
Society of In'ash El-Usra
General Union of Palestinian Women
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