Palestinian Women:
Facts and Figures
Women
account for
49.4% of the
Palestinian
population
in the
occupied
Palestinian
territory
(oPt), which
comes to a
total of 1.86
million.
Female life
expectancy
in the oPt is
73 years.
The median
age for
Palestinian
women to be
married is
19.4 years
of age.
Female
literacy
stands at
88% of the
Palestinian
population.
5.4% of
Palestinian
females
(ages 15
years and
above) have
at least a
Bachelor's
degree.
Women
account for
14.1% of the
Palestinian
labor force.
Unemployment
among the
working female
population
stands at 19.6%.
Palestinian
women
account for
9% of the
total number
of judges
in the oPt;
12.2% of
prosecutors;
31.2% of
lawyers;
21.4% of
journalists;
and 11.7% of
doctors.
- Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), 2005
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