Report

The Arab Knowledge Report 2009 examines the current state of Arab knowledge. It
derives its legitimacy from the pressing need for information about knowledge performance in the region at a time when the importance of knowledge for the realisation of the many new prospects it has opened up for all areas of

The present Report is offered as a contribution to the debate on development underway in the Arab region. Entitled the Arab Human Development Report 2009: Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries, it is a continuation of the wellknown Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) series that, since 2002, has brought together eminent scholars and advisers from the Arab region to conduct frank, realistic analyses of development challenges in the region.

The Palestinian Human Development Report 2009/10, Investing in Human Security for a Future State, argues that human security must be the foundation of a future Palestinian state. By utilizing the concept of human security, the PHDR 2009/10 calls for reconsideration of the State-building process in the oPt, involving people-centred development policies, and improved preparedness from systemic shocks, increased militancy and outside intervention. Human security is a pre-requisite for human development, and its widespread absence in the oPt has greatly impeded Palestinian progress.

Through the European Commission funded joint project “Access to Justice for Poor Women” Musawa and Relief International held a workshop titled “Palestinian Work Standards” in the city of Jenin on May 20th 2010.
Attorney at law Nidal Abu Farha, facilitated the workshop for 21 SME employers concerning working women’s rights in the workplace.

The report investigates migration in the context of demographic changes and trends in both growth and inequality. It also presents more detailed and nuanced individual, family and village experiences, and explores less visible movements typically pursued by disadvantaged groups such as short term and seasonal migration.

Using accurate and detailed data, photos and maps this report describes the comprehensive Israeli settlement project in Al Quds and its metropolitan area. The report highlights methods used by the occupation to confiscate land from Palestinians in Al Quds and its surroundings for the creation of Jewish settlements and the Israeli policy of connecting and expanding settlements to create territorial contiguity for the Jewish settlements while fragmenting and surrounding the Palestinian areas. The overall purpose of the settlement project is to establish Jewish hegemony in Jerusalem