Palestinian Women in the Cycle of Violence
An analytical study of cases of Palestinian women who suffered from violence and discriminatory policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The project of combating violence against women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is jointly implemented by Women’s Affairs Center in Gaza Strip and Women’s Studies Centre in Jerusalem. It aims to break the wall of silence regarding violence exercised against women in all its forms. Violence against women is still a low priority issue, often disregarded for different reasons and under different pretexts. Sometimes the reasons for limiting the fight against violence against women are due to customs and traditions, however, other times it is due to harmful and erroneous religious interpretations, yet still, other reasons for its low priority are due to ignorance, indifference or conspiracy theory linked to foreign influence that aims at undermining the Palestinian social values, culture and priorities. However, even while holding women’s priorities low on the political agenda, there are still women suffering from violence, homeless children, separated families and a society that loses its values and cohesion. The society continues to fall even further away from achieving the objectives of freedom, dignity, and equality. Freedom is a door with one key, dignity. This key is the same for all people regardless of their gender, religion or age. This project, that we aspire to turn into a permanent program, aims at spreading awareness in the Palestinian society on the risks of the continuation of exercising violence against women, by working and networking with different public, youth and women’s organizations. In the process, we stress the integrity of the two parts of the Palestinian homeland (West Bank and Gaza Strip), coordinating work for a unified project comprising young men and women from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These young men and women will try to fulfill the same objectives and unified strategies with the aim of eliminating violence against women in the Palestinian society.
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