
| Austria and UNRWA Graduate 26 Women from Nahr el-Bared


| 21 April 2010
 Twenty-six women from Nahr el-Bared camp graduated this week from courses in baking, sweet-making and sewing at the camp's Women’s Programme Centre. |

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| Women train their sights on the future in Nahr el-Bared


| 10 March 2010
 Women from the destroyed Nahr el-Bared camp in Lebanon are rebuilding their lives – and their businesses – thanks to specialised training courses. |

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| Computers help Gazan woman reach “another world”


| 09 March 2010
 After years of being unable to contact her son in Algeria, 65-year-old Gazan Amena Al Ajrami has learned to use computers to communicate with her son and grandchildren. |

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| UNRWA marks International Women’s Day 2010


| 08 March 2010
 Monday 8 March 2010 is International Women’s Day - a global day to recognise and celebrate women’s achievements. All week we are profiling refugee women UNRWA has helped. |

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| Rana Saleh: “I dreamed of completing my education”


| 08 March 2010
 To mark International Women’s Day, 27-year-old Rana Saleh explains how she overcame a difficulty upbringing to become the sole provider for her family – and an acclaimed seamstress. |

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| UNRWA Commissioner-General Joins Minister of Women's Affairs to Combat Violence Against Women


| 14 December 2009
 An event yesterday in the Ramallah Womens’ Training Centre concluded UNRWA's two-week campaign to end violence against women. |

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| Campaign to End Violence Against Women


| 10 December 2009
 Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General, Karen AbuZayd |

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| UNRWA’s Woman of the Year Award Ceremony
Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General, Karen AbuZayd


| 05 December 2009
 Distinguished colleagues, UNRWA’s female staff,
It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning to attend the first UNRWA’s Woman of the Year Award Ceremony. |

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| "We were like birds in the cage"


| 06 November 2009
 Intisar and other women from al-Tanf travelled to UNRWA Women's Centre in Yarmouk and Tartous to celebrate their graduation from courses in hairdressing and beauty. |

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| European Commission Improves Lives of Ex-Gaza Refugees in Jerash Camp


| 15 July 2009
 Ahlaam is a Palestine refugee from Gaza living in Jerash Camp, Jordan. She lost her husband at a young age; having left school early, she held no qualifications, experience or employment skills. With no-one to care for her, Ahlaam wanted to lead an independent life. |

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