Project Information

Project Title:
Improving Adolescent Lives in Palestinian Society

Objective/s/Goal:
The project goal is to promote equitable development and participation of adolescent girls and boys at all levels of Palestinian Society by providing adolescents with necessary skills and information for healthy development.

Implementing Agency/s: UNFPA and UNICEF

Status on Project Activities

The project – Improving Adolescent Lives in Palestinian Society – has mobilized local communities on the reproductive health needs of adolescents, especially girls. This has involved close collaboration with local media outlets. The project is also working to ensure that adolescents have access to appropriate reproductive health services and counseling in schools. Adolescents 12-18 years old are now offered increased access to information on reproductive health; teachers are being trained on methods of teaching sexual and reproductive health and developing a manual on adolescent health for school counsellors; caretakers are being sensitised on adolescent reproductive health needs; and support among decision makers is being mobilized.

The first Palestinian National Youth Survey, the largest and most ambitious survey ever taken among Palestinian young people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory reflects the voices of over 5,600 families covering more than 4,289 young people aged 10 – 24 years old on issues related to their needs and rights. This extensive survey provides a fascinating portrait of the views, concerns, hopes and dreams of children and young people from the West Bank and Gaza.