In a first-of-its-kind initiative by Civil Society Organizations and civil institutions in Palestine, elections were held in Gaza and North Gaza to elect a female coordinator to lead the activities of the PHRDs Network in the Gaza Strip. The elections came as part of the general meeting held by MUSAWA for the PHRDs Network in its Gaza Office with the participation of the Network’s members (33 participants, 10 of which are female). The meeting was initiated with an opening speech by lawyer Islah Hussnieh, a General Assembly member in Gaza, expressing the great attention MUSAWA pays to women, enabling them of active participation in ...

Aiming at unifying the efforts of the unsuccessful candidates and the elected coordinators, enhancing participation and democracy in the work to activate the role of the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders (hereinafter PHRDs) Network and contribute to its goals, and agreeing on a mechanism for the Network’s members to carry-out activities in the upcoming period, the first central meeting for the PHRDs Network’s coordinators was held by MUSAWA in cooperation with the Network and with the attendance of all candidates who were unsuccessful in the general elections held at the end of May 2016 as well as those who won the elections...

His Excellency Head of the Palestinian Land Authority Mr. Saeb Nathi   Subject: Administrative decision to cease property contrary to the law   MUSAWA received a written complaint from the citizen Iyad Mohammad Ata Siddeh, a resident of the village of Jeet in Qalqilya, stating that he purchased a piece of land, located in the aforementioned village, registered at Qalqilya’s land registration department, and numbered 68, basin number 3, named Um Al-Fahem land. When he contacted Qalqilya’s land registration department to get a title deed of proper...