Palestine-Israel – West Bank & Gaza Checkpoints – Health Risks for Women & Babies
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: November 6, 2006
Palestinian Women Pay Health Toll at Checkpoints |
11/12/06 |
By Brenda Gazzar WeNews correspondent |
In the past six years, at least four pregnant women and 34 newborns |
SHEIKH SA’AD, West Bank (WOMENSENEWS)–At the entrance of this small Two Israeli volunteers, Laura Sznajder and Tamar Bilu, politely tried He refused. Alaan, a Palestinian resident of the West Bank, did not She was also turned back at the checkpoint in July while trying to Alaan is just one of many women whose health and safety have been “Health is one of the most basic needs of a human being,” says Palestinian women have for decades faced a multitude of health risks Between Sept. 28, 2000, and Aug. 20, 2006, for instance, 10 percent of Sixty-eight women gave birth at checkpoints during this period, ‘Constantly Anxious’ Pregnancies“Palestinian women live in frustration of not being assured that they An already weak economy has been worsened by sanctions by the United About 65 percent of the population in the Palestinian territories lives On Wednesday, 18 civilians in Gaza were killed in a shelling that Military checkpoints and the new dividing wall known as the “Security “Militarily, it works,” said Capt. Noa Meir, spokesperson for the Humanitarian Groups Step InOn a humanitarian level, however, several Palestinian and Israeli In 2004 the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, the largest Palestinian The relief society is trying to raise enough funds to open two more The Palestinian Medical Relief Society also offers affordable clinical Since 1984, the organization has trained close to 300 women–mainly in Another organization is the Tel Aviv-based Physicians for Human The organization succeeds in attaining permits for Palestinians in Palestinians “don’t know they can appeal. Nobody tells them,” Bendel Waging a Court CampaignPhysicians for Human Rights-Israel is also waging a campaign in the Today, Palestinians in the West Bank who need emergency care in Machsom Watch, which has approximately 400 members and opposes both the Many Palestinians haven’t been able to leave their towns or villages The organization’s goal is to inform the Israeli public and the world Jarrar of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society agreed, saying that “We are trying our best to help our women bear their life, not to live Brenda Gazzar is a freelance journalist based in Jerusalem. _________________________________________________________________
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