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CONFLICT, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

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CONFLICT, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT INSIGHTS FROM THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP

by

IBRAHIM NATIL

Dublin City University, Ireland

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Contents

Abbreviations

• Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

• Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

• European Union (EU)

• International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs)

• Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

• Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Palestinian Authority (PA)

• Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

• Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO)

• Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah)

• Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations Network (PNGO)

• United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)

• United Nation Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)

• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

• United Nations Relief and Working Agency (UNRWA)

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

• Women’s Young Islamic Association (WYIA)

Acknowledgements

There are so many friends and colleague to acknowledge. However, I am especially grateful to all activists who provided their generous time, views and information. Their great help and views have assisted me to enrich the debate and discussions.

This book, however, could not have been completed without the full support of Society Voice Foundation, whose staff and volunteers facilitated and provided me with great assistance, facilitating and organising interviews and assisting in accessing information and data.

Finally, this book would not have been completed without the support and patience of my family: wife, children and parents, whose understanding and encouragement boosted my efforts. Special thanks to all Palestinian women who suffer tough political, social and economic circumstances during all times.