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Half are under the age of fifteen, which is the legal age of marriage for girls.
Most of these work as teachers, nurses, in the textile industry, and in commerce. The informal employment of women in agriculture is very common. Unlike other Arab countries in the region, where agitation for women's rights didn't take off until after the Second World War, Palestine has had an active woman's movement since the early 1920s. However, the women's movement didn't flourish until the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza during the 1967 war. Its main purpose was to mobilize Palestinian society against occupation, not to address social issues.