FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
National Network
Palestine
Address
Bethlehem-West Bank-PalestineCountry
City
Bethlehem {the main office} Hebron ,NablusProvince
BethlehemStreet address 2
Hebron St -BethlehemMobile Phone
+972599180905Telephone
+972022745578Telephone (other)
0599520887E-Mail (2)
info@psccw.orgE-Mail (3)
suha@psccw.orgE-Mail (4)
khawla@psccw.orgWebsite
Click HereYear of Establishment
1997Contact Person1
Khawla Al AzraqJob Title 1
General DirectorContact Person 2
Suha ZiadehJob Title 2
Program ManagerOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Gender, Human rightsGeneral Information
Psychosocial Counseling Center for Women (PSCCW) is a women’s organization established in 1997 in Palestine, with a vision based on complete equality and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women is a crucial condition towards building a democratic safe and stable Palestinian state. PSCCW is an integral part of the Palestinian feminist movement, which struggles to contribute to building a democratic, secure society based on citizenship, human rights principles and enshrining justice and equality in its internal legislation and policies. PSCCW works to strengthen its presence in all national coalitions that defend women’s and children's rights. In order to achieve the desired pressure on decision-makers to strengthen the status of women and children and eliminate all forms of discrimination in our society against women and Girls.
Mission and Objectives
Mission: Our qualified and professional teams excessively work on providing holistic psychosocial and legal services, specifically to vulnerable and marginalized women and girls. This objective is associated with supplementing women with economic empowerment and raising the public’s awareness towards laying the basis for a just environment for women.
Objectives:1) Enhanced living conditions and standards for women and girls who have survived violence and gender-based discrimination.
2) Enhanced social, economic, and political rights of women and girls
3) Improved and broader sectors of protection services offered to women and girls.
Our services and areas of intervention:
Main Projects / Activities
PSCCW areas of intervention:
Psychosocial counseling:
PSCCW provides psychosocial counseling for women and female survivors of political and social violence. This aims at promoting women’s psychosocial wellbeing, ensuring them a safe environment to enable their successful inclusion. and participation economically, socially and politically. As a women’s rights center, we, at PSCCW, are dedicated to empower women in order to promote their resilience and ultimately get them actively involved in the processes of decision-making and full participation.
Community-based interventions:
We recognize the importance of accountability to local communities. Therefore, we seek to further develop the level of public awareness and understanding of women’s rights. This involves enhancing the public responsibility for supporting women in order to end gender-based violence.
Legal aid:
We offer legal consultation and judicial representation to women survivors of violence. Our legal aspect also includes designing advocacy campaigns, passing/enforcing laws and fostering legislation that safeguards women’s legal rights.
Capacity building:
We seek to broaden and boost the quality of services provided, specifically for vulnerable and marginalized women. We aim to enhance the quality of protection services initiated by human rights local organizations.
Economic empowerment:
We support and empower women focusing on households headed by women as their sole breadwinners We thus offer women professional trainings and offer them grants, with the
“Cash-for-Work” Componenta as well as the self-employment projects to enhance their economic independence and promote their living conditions.
Humanitarian aid:
How can you contribute to the Network in your country?
We are specialized in providing mental health services we can contribute in building the capacity of other partitioners.
PSCCW specialized in providing Self care and well being for the human rights defenders
Executing advocacy campaigns to support women youth rights
Why do you want to join the ALF Network?
We are very interested to be part of this network :
- To learn from other women experiences in other context
-To share PSCCW experience as an organization working in a colonial context
-To contribute in building a collective power against injustice and to support quality for all human beings
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