 | 34 Palestinian women in captivity forever
Israel is holding captive 34 Palestinian women in three prisons, in which five are serving life sentence. One of the five is Amina Abumona who was accused for murdering an Israeli student after being engaged with him in a relation through the internet and then asked him to meet her and then killed h.. >> |
|  | Compulsory Hijab and Jilbab in Palestine attract controversy
Unannounced Decision, this is what the press referred to the move to impose Hijab and Jilbab (a robe covering the whole body) on female schools students in Gaza by Hamas government. There is no clear official statement or decree and schools didn’t receive circular on this regard, but it is obvious t.. >> |
| Quarter of women in Palestine are unemployed
Development Expert Mohsen Aburamadan said that it was hard to discuss development when it was difficult to obtain a basket of food because of the total isolation of Gaza. He said that although with the outside help, only few enter GAZA of only twenty baskets. He continued that the reconstruction projects were all on hold because of the seize. >> |
| 2009 is a women’s year in Palestine
Since the signing of CEDAW agreement here this year, Palestinian women regained the zest of fighting for more rights for women, through calling for signing of other related agreements as well as amending local legislations. >> |
|  | Palestinian females are freedom fighters
Untreated abdomen pains aren’t the only suffering the Palestinian detainee Amal Fayez Juma has to deal with, as she is bearing the bitterness of living in one of the worst detention centers in the world- in Israeli custody. >> |
|  | Palestinian women badly affected by war and siege on Gaza
Seventy per cent of Palestinian women were affected by war and siege on Gaza. The Palestinian Central Statistic Authority registered 110 women and 412 children who were affected, while 795 females and 1855 children were wounded. >> |
|  | Against all odds, Palestinians still make films
Formal funding is practically non-existent, film-making is difficult, and there's only one decent cinema for almost four million people -- yet against all odds Palestinian filmmakers struggle on. "Our films say we are here and we exist. Israel was built on the phrase 'a land without people for a peo.. >> |
|  | Education in Palestine is an ambition and resistance of occupation
Education becomes a luxury in Palestine after the aggressive attack on Gaza as schools failed to protect students and their relatives from bombs. Since the beginning of the Palestinian uprising the number of students reduced drastically and it was common to see an empty table written on it a name of.. >> |
|  | Poverty was the Eid geust in Palestine
Ramallah- I left Egypt in 1997 with the mission to implement the Millennium Goals in the divided, siege and occupied Palestine. I was expecting many rejections to pursue such goals with the deteriorating economic and social conditions. Three quarters of Palestinians are poor and after the slipping o.. >> |
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