Patriarchy Definition of Terms

outrank them in academic achievement and Tawjihi scoring; and at the tertiary level females also outnumber males, and pursue and excel in a variety of academic fields. Thus, there should be no question that Palestine contains a motivated and educated pool of women who well-prepared contributing to society. In relation to the researcher’s studies, which tried to develop the studies above, the daughters, who represented as new generation Palestinian women, has shown about the impact of education in their life. In the daughters’ era, which differ from the mothers’ era, they showed about their thoughts and views, they had good jobs, and one of them participated in the political organizations. These facts are based on the education aspects that influence their life as Palestinian women. Historically, Palestinian women had looked for the equality of human rights as equal as the men in their life, especially in the aspect of education until nowadays. Palestinian women have understood that their presence must be equal with men. They are now educated, participated in the political organizations and had opportunity to enter the work field. Recent studies of the Condition of Palestine women in 2007, report that the completion of education is expected to impinge on 170 thousand students in 320 schools, half of whom are females. In this context, the Amnesty International mentioned in a report two reasons which make the above situation harder on females than male students. The first reason is the economic deterioration and increase in poverty rate forcing families who cannot afford providing college education to their children to prioritize their sons since these are expected to be able to support a family when they marry. The second reason is that some families, PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 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