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The Ministry of Women's Affairs in Palestine, established in 2003, is the main governmental agency responsible for promoting and protecting women's rights. Government ministries promote reform of discriminatory laws and gender units have been established in each ministry. [ 22 ]
Palestinian protestor in December 1987. Palestinian women played significant roles in leading and organising the First Intifada, from 1987 to 1991. [1] Xanthe Scharff of Foreign Policy wrote that the First Intifada was a "largely nonviolent Palestinian struggle" that was "a collective social, economic, and political mobilisation led by women."
A group of United Nations experts expressed alarm regarding the increasing volume of allegations of sexual violence reportedly perpetrated by armed groups against women and girls in Israel on October 7, 2023, and reports of sexual assault and threats of sexual violence against women in the occupied Palestinian territories since October 7. [7]
The AWA formed branches in many Palestinian cities and towns, and became the leading organization of the Palestinian women's movement. [citation needed]It was active in the Arab protests against the British mandate: it proved support for the prisoners and rebels of the 1936 and 1939 revolts, protested to the British authorities, and rallied international and regional support for the ...
Women of the Sun (نساء الشمس) is a Palestinian women's organization based in Bethlehem. [1] It was founded in July 2021 and is devoted to a peaceful resolution in the Israel-Palestine conflict. [2] [3] [4] The organization's name is an allusion to Men in the Sun, the 1962 novel by Ghassan Kanafani. [5]
The General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW or GUPWom) is the official representative of Palestinian women within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The GUPW's executive committee consists of several members including the president, co-founder Intissar al-Wazir .
Although the WCLAC's origins can be traced back to 1921 when the first women's union in Jerusalem, was founded and Palestinian women's organized feminist activism began, the rise of the Palestinian Women's Autonomous Movement in the 1990s sparked the creation of the WCLAC during a period where feminist thought and women's activism found new footing.
Palestinian women artists refer to women artists who identify as Palestinian. Such artists may have lived in the historical region of Palestine, live in the current State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip), are members of the Palestinian diaspora. These artists channel their experiences with racial, sexual, and cultural oppression to ...