In August, MUSAWA conducted 7 trainings in the West Bank and Gaza, two of which were implemented in Ramallah, one in Bethlehem, one in Nablus, two in Gaza, and another one in the south of Gaza (Rafah and Khan Yunis). These trainings come as part of the UNDP-supported training program for monitoring the courts and receiving complaints. The main purpose of the trainings was to strengthen the capacities of the participants in relation to the monitoring process and the mechanisms for receiving and following-up complaints. The participants included a number of the Lawyers for the Rule of Law Groups (friends of MUSAWA) and other lawyers; a tot...

A workshop under the title “The Right to Vote and Be Elected” was conducted by MUSAWA and the Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Network (PHRDs) at the headquarters of the General Union of Palestinian Women. 18 women attended the workshop.   During the workshop, lawyers Saja Sa’d and Israa’ Salameh, both members of the PHRDs Network, delivered information on several legal, social and cultural concepts related to voting and being elected, in addition to presenting other data relevant to the subject matter.

Throughout August 2016, eight meetings in eight different areas (Ramallah, Jerusalem and Jericho; Salfeet and Nablus; Tulqarm and Qalqilya; Jenin and Tubas; Bethlehem and Hebron; Gaza and North Gaza; Gaza’s Middle Governorate; Khan Yunis and Rafah) were carried-out by MUSAWA in cooperation with the Palestinian Human Right Defenders Network. The meetings were attended by 102 male and female members (39 females and 63 males), who aimed at reaching an agreement on the mechanism by which members will implement the Network’s activities in the upcoming period, forging its internal regulations, contributing to the expansion of the C...