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especially in rural or more conservative areas are unwilling to allow their daughters to live away from home or to be exposed to the potential dangers of daily
commuting to and from university, such as being stranded at a closed checkpoint and unable to return home at night, a fairly frequent occurrence for thousands of
Palestinians. Other than going to school, i.e when they can, young Palestinian girls had
few opportunities for development, recreation, and participation, very few safe spaces exist for young girls to congregate, and even these suffer from lack of
necessary funding and are poorly equipped and managed. Meanwhile, some families have no choice but to pressure their daughters to marry at an early age
because of poverty and living expenses. Despite all these difficulties, the rates of learning and school attendance are
growing, which proves the strong will of Palestinian females and give their credence to education. The percentage of illiterate women 15 years and above in
the West Bank and Gaza Strip decreased from 15.9 in 2000 to 10.2 in 2006. Although it is higher than illiteracy rate among males, 90 it remains lower than its
parallel rate in Palestinian refugee communities, which was estimated at 24.4 in Jordan’s camps in the year 2000, 20.7 in Syria in 2006, and 29.5 in Lebanon in
2006 as well. Meanwhile, female student enrolment at the elementary and secondary school levels remained high in the WB and GS 90 and 81.6 in 2006
and 2007 respectively. This percentage is particularly greater than the level of female student enrolment among Palestinians in refugee hosting countries, which
was estimated at 68 in Jordan in 2000 for females aged 6-24 years, 66.5 in PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Syria in 2006 for females aged 7-24 years, and 59.3 in Lebanon in 2006 for females aged 7-17 years.