Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 103-111 , May 2008

Palestinian Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in a Longstanding Humanitarian Crisis

  • Marleen Bosmans

      Affiliations

    • Political Scientist, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Dina Nasser

      Affiliations

    • Health Advisor, Juzoor Foundation for Health & Social Development, Jerusalem
    • ,
  • Umaiyeh Khammash

      Affiliations

    • Director, UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency) Health Services in the West Bank, and Chairperson, Juzoor Foundation for Health & Social Development, Jerusalem
    • ,
  • Patricia Claeys

      Affiliations

    • Scientific Coordinator, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Marleen Temmerman

      Affiliations

    • Director, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 103-111 , May 2008

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