Improving Palestinian Women's Lives

22 September 2009

Across the Middle East MAP is working to improve the lives of Palestinian women. Click here to learn more about the variety of programmes that MAP is committed to.

From women struggling to keep body, soul, home and families together in Gaza to marginalised women in Yatta, near Hebron, all are in desperate need of better healthcare.

Interview with Olfat Mahmoud

1) General overview of Palestinian women's health in Lebanon

2) Methods used to improve women's health

3) Women as caregivers

4) The dangers of uterus cancer

5) The lives of women

6) Early pregnancy

7) Dealing with the menopause

8) Issues of insecurity

9) Home visits

Poster protecting women's rights in Lebanon

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Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon: Conditions and Challenges in Bourj al-Barajneh Camp

PCHR Release "Through Women's Eyes": A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead"

Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, university Professor and author of recent book Militarization and Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East, speaks about the ordeals of Palestinian women under occupation.

In conjunction with the presentation of the UN Fact Finding Mission's report to the Human Rights Council on 29 September, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) release "Through Women's Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead".