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Samar Al Shaer, 40, is living with a joint disability and has metal plates inserted in her leg. She is from Hableh, a rural area in Qalqiliya, the West Bank. Al Shaer is a divorced mother of three children, and she is their only breadwinner.
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UN Women is piloting a food business incubator providing skills training and income-generating opportunities to five women who are survivors of domestic violence in Gaza.
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The Italian Development Cooperation, UN Women and International Labour Organization (ILO) today launched a new programme, “Promoting Women’s Equal Access to Economic Opportunities and Decent Work in Palestine” (The Decent Work for Women Programme) in Ramallah,
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In a Bedouin community in the Jordan Valley, 16-year-old Firyal lives without reliable access to health or education and her family must bring in water to their hamlet by tractor and cistern.  Her community, which was declared a military zone by Israel, suffers from frequent displacement due to training exercises and nearby explosions that disturb livestock and threaten their livelihood, and now Firyal is planning to document their lives through a film. “It is harder to...
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The journey of Khawla H. Al-Khateeb, a beneficiary of the One-Stop-Shop for Sustainable Development, who from small job opportunities to make ends meet established "Palestinian Women", her own and successful embroidery business in Bethlehem.
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UN Women is launching a new call for proposals for interested non-governmental organizations and firms for the design, development and running of the services of a One Stop Shop. Interested organizations or firms are invited to submit their proposal by Friday 15 May 2015.