Mrs. Ola Awad reviews the reality of Palestinian women, on the occasion of the eighth of March, International Women's Day<\/p>\n
Mrs. Ola Awad, president of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, reviewed the conditions and reality of Palestinian women on the occasion of the eighth of March, International Women's Day, through a press statement issued by the bureau on the eve of Monday 07\/03\/2011 to mark the occasion. She noted that this announcement comes out of our concern and our affirmation of the importance of this day for women in general and for Palestinian women in particular, in keeping with the publication policy followed at the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, and out of our awareness of the need to give this subject great importance by placing the official figures and statistics in the hands of planners and policy-makers on all matters relating to women.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Awad added that, in loyalty to and recognition of the greatness of the role Palestinian women play, the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics has consistently highlighted the place women occupy as mother, wife, sister, daughter, worker and campaigner, by providing as many figures and statistics as possible on women's social, economic and political role in Palestinian society.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Ola Awad, president of the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, reviewed the reality of Palestinian women as follows:<\/p>\n
Half the population are women
\nThe estimated population at the end of 2010 was around 4.1 million people: 2.1 million males, 50.8%, against 2.0 million females, 49.2%. This means there are 49 females for every hundred people, while the sex ratio reached 103.1.<\/p>\n
More than half of women aged 15 and over are married
\nAbout 6 in every 10 women aged 15 and over are married; by contrast 3 in every 10 women have never married, and one woman in every 10 is widowed.<\/p>\n
A decline in illiteracy rates among women
\nThere are 8 illiterate women among every 100 women aged 15 and over, that is 4 times the number of illiterate men in the same age group. This gap between women and men has narrowed over the past ten years, since the rate of increase in literacy among women aged 15 and over exceeds that among men fourfold over the period 2000-2010, yet these rates remain higher among men than among women.<\/p>\n
Limited participation by women in the labour force
\nDespite the rise in the rate of women's participation in the labour force over the past ten years, this rate remains low, reaching around 15% of all females participating in the labour force in 2010 against around 10% in 2001. Men's participation is still more than 4 times that of women and the gap has remained almost constant over this period. The real daily wage rate for women was 60 shekels against 73 shekels for men, with the data showing a gap of 13 shekels in men's favour.<\/p>\n
High unemployment rates
\nAlthough women's participation in work is considered an important developmental requirement in the process of comprehensive and sustainable development, unemployment rates remain high among women, rising from 2001 to 2010 at a rate of increase of 91%. Although unemployment rates rose among women and men generally, the gap between women and men narrowed in 2010 compared with 2001, at 3.7% and 12.9% respectively.<\/p>\n
Poverty rates are lower among households headed by women
\nThe poverty rate among households headed by women is lower than among households headed by men, at 20.2% and 22.7% respectively. The rate of deep poverty, meanwhile, is higher among households headed by men than among those headed by women, because the majority of assistance goes to households headed by females, which lowers the poverty rate among these households, and also because the average size of households headed by females is smaller than the average size of households headed by males.<\/p>\n
Palestinian women are partners in the struggle
\nThirty-four Palestinian women prisoners are still held in the occupation's jails: 20 sentenced prisoners, of whom five are serving life sentences, 12 held in detention and two held in administrative detention.<\/p>\n
And partners too in decision-making
\nIn political life and decision-making there has been progress in the area of women's participation in these fields, where women have begun to compete with men and to occupy senior positions in the National Authority's institutions. There are 5 female ministers out of 22 ministers in the Palestinian government; the first woman was appointed to membership of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in 2009; the first woman was appointed to the post of chair of the Capital Market Authority during 2009; at the beginning of 2010 the first woman was appointed to the post of governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate; and in the first days of 2011 the first Palestinian woman was appointed to head a non-ministerial governmental institution, which reflects the success and the ability of Palestinian women to manage institutions effectively and with high professionalism.<\/p>\n
But women have the fewest opportunities to reach senior positions in the public sector
\nThe rates of women's representation in decision-making positions in public institutions are barely worth mentioning compared with the rates of men's representation, reaching around 4% at the grade of assistant undersecretary against around 96% for men at the same grade, while the highest proportion of working women is concentrated in posts at grades 1 to 10, which in total came to around 32% against around 68% for men, noting that the proportion of women working in the public sector was around 31% compared with around 69% of men.<\/p>\n
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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