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The number of Palestinian women in the labor force remains among the lowest in the world despite an increase during the past decade, a Palestinian research organization reported Wednesday.

The female labor participation rate in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2014 was only 19.4 percent, compared to 25 percent in the rest of the Arab world, a policy brief by Al-Shabaka said, adding that the global average stands at 51 percent.

The low rates come despite high education rates among Palestinian women, Al-Shabaka policy adviser Samia al-Botmeh notes in her report, adding that Palestinian women have higher primary and secondary enrollment levels than males in the entire Middle East and North Africa.

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