COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

Thirty-second session

Vienna, 14-23 March 1988

Item 4 of the provisional agenda

MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

The situation of Palestinian women living within and outside the

occupied Arab territories

Report of the Secretary-General

Corrigendum

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     Replace table 6 by the table appearing overleaf.

Table 6.  Training places for males and females in UNRWA training centres

(Academic year 1986/87)

Jordan

Lebanon

Syrian Arab Republic

Type of training

Amman Training Center

Wadi Seer Training

 Centre

Siblin

Training

Centre a/

Damascus Vocational Training Center

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

A. Vocational and technical education

1. Post preparatory

level b/

60

544

32

542

2

2. Post secondary level c/

110

210

206

22

224

125

75

Total

110

270

750

22

256

667

75

B. Pre-service teacher training

110

190

Grand total

220

460

750

22

256

667

77

     Source:   Excerpted  from  Report  of  the  Commissioner  General  of the  United Nations  Relief  and  Works  Agency  for  Palestine  Refugees  in the  Near  East, 1  July  1986-30  June  1987  (Official  Records  of  the General  Assembly, Forty-second   Session,  Supplement  No. 13 (A/42/13)), table  6.

     a   Centre  was  inoperative  throughout  1986/87.   Trainees  shown above attended  courses  off  the  premises.

     b   Courses  were  offered  to  post-preparatory-level  students  in  the

mechanical,  metal,  electrical  and  building  trades.

     c   Courses  were  offered  to  post-secondary-level  students  in  the

technical,  commercial,  electronics  and  paramedical  fields.


Document symbol: E/CN.6/1988/8/Corr.1
Document Type: Report, Secretary-General Report
Document Sources: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Subject: Palestine question, Social issues, Women
Publication Date: 25/01/1988