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UNIFEM PALESTINE

These photos are part of an assignment to create a photo database of the projects implemented by UNIFEM Palestine in 2009.

Women's rights meeting, Tulkarem, West Bank.

A member of the School Canteen Cooperative, preparing the dough for the Za'atar bread and pastry. Tulkarem, West Bank. In 2006 UNIFEM Palestine launched the School Canteen program throughout the West Bank. The program aims to empower women and make

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative, preparing the dough for the healthy baked goods that they sell during break time at schools in the surrounding area. Tulkarem, West Bank. The UNIFEM Palestine supported program aims to empower women economi

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative, wrapping healthy snacks that they sell during break time at schools in the surrounding area. Tulkarem, West Bank. The UNIFEM Palestine supported program is part of its rural women's economic empowerment wor

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative preparing popcorn for sale in Kharas, Hebron district, West Bank. As well as its aim to empower rural women economically, this UNIFEM Palestine program also provides school children with affordable healthy s

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative kneading dough, Kharas, Hebron district, West Bank. The women run School Canteen program is supported by UNIFEM Palestine.

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative, preparing baked goods that they sell during break time at schools in the surrounding area. Tulkarem, West Bank. The women run cooperative is supported by UNIFEM Palestine.

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative prepare flat bread in Kharas, Hebron district, West Bank. The program, supported by UNIFEM Palestine aims to empower women and make them economically independent.

Student line up to buy homemade healthy snacks at subsidized prices. The goods are made by members of the School Canteen Cooperative of Kharas, Hebron district, West Bank. Local women supported by UNIFEM Palestine feed almost 70,000 schoolchildren n

Members of the School Canteen Cooperative of Kharas preparing to sell their products in a local school. In 2006 UNIFEM Palestine launched the School Canteen program throughout the West Bank. The program aims to empower women and make them economical

Student beneficiary at a secondary school in Jerusalem. UNIFEM Palestine provided psychological support at this school.

The entrance of the Anata Sabaya Center (Women and Girls Center) supported by UNIFEM Palestine, the village of Anata on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

Members of the Anata Sabaya Center during a workshop. Sabaya, a program supported by UNIFEM Palestine helped to develop rural women's skills socially, economically, academically and legally, thereby promoting their participation in decision-making w

A member of the Anata Sabaya Center during a workshop. Sabaya was the largest program by UNIFEM Palestine benefiting more than 25,000 Palestinian rural and marginalized women both in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Child playing in the ruins of the American School destroyed by the Israeli Army during the operation Cast Lead. Gaza strip, April 2009.

Aftermath of the Israeli operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip, 2009.

Gaza strip April 2009

Aftermath of the Israeli operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip, 2009.

A family waiting at the Erez Crossing between Gaza and Israel. Gaza strip, 2009.

A mother with her baby takes a break during a meeting organized on Women's Rights by UNIFEM. Gaza strip, 2009.

Aftermath of the Israeli operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip, 2009.

Aftermath of the Israeli operation Cast Lead in Gaza; 2009.

Displaced family. Aftermath of the Israeli operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip; 2009.

Aftermath of the Israeli operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip; 2009.

Women of the Al Zaytoun neighborhood cooking pita bread in an improvised oven in the rubble of their home. Al Zaytoun was a heavily targeted neighborhood during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip.

Gaza strip, courtyard of Sabaya Women's Center. Sabaya was the largest program by UNIFEM Palestine benefiting more than 25,000 Palestinian rural and marginalized women both in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Mariam Abu Daqqa in her office in Gaza city. Mariam is the founder and director of an NGO, supported by UNIFEM, working for the rights of women political prisoners in Israeli jails. Gaza strip.

Mariam Abu Daqqa with former political prisoners. Mariam is the founder and director of an NGO, supported by UNIFEM, working for the political rights of women. Gaza strip.

Jalal in her home in Gaza. She shows a photo taken after her release from an Israeli prison. She was accused of being part of a terrorist organization and jailed for three years. She now lives with her family in Gaza and she works as a nurse for the

Jalal with a caged bird. A released political prisoner, Jalal now advocates for women rights with an NGO supported by UNIFEM in the Gaza Strip.

Jalal in her home with her husband and son. In Israeli jails for three years, after her release she works with an NGO advocating for women's rights supported by UNIFEM in the Gaza Strip.

Women's Center, Silwan, a Jerusalem Neighborhood.