A critical aspect of promoting gender equality is the empowerment of women, with a focus on identifying and redressing power imbalances and giving women more autonomy to manage their own lives. Women’s empowerment is vital to sustainable development and the realization of human rights for all.

Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon are not only deprived of basic human rights but also face special difficulties, starting with insufficient education, that is, if they receive any education at all, and experiencing various health problems related to pregnancy, delivery and post-natal care. In addition they face unemployment, and low socioeconomic status etc.