  {"id":195208,"date":"2004-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195208"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:57:45","slug":"auto-insert-195208","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195208\/","title":{"rendered":"International Children&#8217;s Day &#8211; Fact Sheet &#8211; OCHA report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµITED NATIONS<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN&#39;S DAY<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>JÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµE 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span> [<a href=\"~parts\/Children_June2004_Flash.swf\" id=\"Children_June2004_Flash.swf\">Children_June2004_Flash.swf<\/a>] <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>FACT SHEET<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Population Statistics<\/strong>: (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">1.8 million Palestinian children live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">&nbsp;53% of the Palestinian population are children under 18 years old.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">1.2 million Palestinian children are of school age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Since September 2000:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOHCHR<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">More than 670 children have been killed, of which 573 were Palestinian and 105 Israeli.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">Over 2,500 Palestinian homes or buildings have been destroyed affecting more than 6,000 children.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">Almost 2,000 Palestinian children have been arrested, interrogated, detained or imprisoned.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">Currently, 337 Palestinian children are in Israeli prisons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Restricting Access to Schools:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The movement restrictions, delays at checkpoints and the lengthy detours taken to reach schools have lead to schools closing and increased absences for both students and teachers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In the 2002-2003 school year, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA&#39;s 95 schools in the West Bank serving 60,000 school children, reported:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">1,475 lost school days.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">A daily average of 145 teachers unable to reach their schools. This constituted 9% of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA teaching staff and cost Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA $831,230 USD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Deteriorating quality of education:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">School drop-out rates have decreased mostly because students have transferred to other schools. However, the quality of education continues to suffer as a result of the closures, the Barrier, and violence in civilian areas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">Pass rates in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA West Bank schools declined dramatically for the 2003\/2004 school year compared to 2000\/2001. In particular:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t+ Arabic language for 8th grade dropped by 12.1% (from 76.7% to 64.6%).\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t+ Mathematics 6th grade dropped by 35.1% (from 68.7% to 33.6%).\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t+ Science for 4th grade dropped by 33.5% (from 71.5% to 38%).\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">In a survey of its schools, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA found a 20% rate of hyper-tension symptoms, 16% low achievement rate, and an 11.5% rate of fear and anxiety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">A comparison done in April 2003 of pass rates between an Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA elementary school inTulkarm camp, which is subjected to frequent IDF incursions and curfews, and another Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA elementary school in the relatively calm nearby Nur Shams camp, demonstrates the effects of such violence:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27429%27%20height%3D%27151%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20429%20151%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27429%27%20height%3D%27151%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/0412831a90b9db8785256eac005603e7_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"151px\" width=\"429px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Hope for the next generation:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Source: PCBS\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF\/Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA Youth Survey 2003<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">One of the most enduring qualities of children is their sense of hope for a better future. In a recent survey of approximately 4,300 Palestinian youths between the ages of 10-24:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">58.9% of the youth state that their first concern is their education.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">13.3% use the computer and 5.8% use the internet.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial Narrow, san-serif;\">91% are optimistic about the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27873%27%20height%3D%27118%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20873%20118%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27873%27%20height%3D%27118%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/0412831a90b9db8785256eac005603e7_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"118px\" width=\"873px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµITED NATIONS OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN&#39;S DAY JÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµE 2004 &nbsp; [Children_June2004_Flash.swf] FACT SHEET Population Statistics: (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF) 1.8 million Palestinian children live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. &nbsp;53% of the Palestinian population are children under 18 years old. 1.2 million Palestinian children are of school age. 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