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Women’s Studies Centre

National Network

Palestine

Street address 2

Telephone

6493

E-Mail

aisha@palnet.com

E-Mail (2)

prwsc@palnet.com

Year of Establishment

1989

Contact Person1

Sama Aweideh, Director

Contact Person 2

Hadeel Abdo, Deputy Director and Public Relation Officer

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Democracy and community development

General Information

In the main WSC office in Jerusalem, there are twelve employees. In the WSC offices in Jenin and Hebron. In addition, WSC has 2 female field coordinators working in Bethlehem and Nablus. WSC also has more than 50 volunteers. The Board of Trustees of the Women’s Studies Centre is governed by 8 Palestinian women. Sources of Funding: Cordaid, EED, European Commission, Kvinna till Kvinna, Save the Children-Sweden, UNIFEM, Education Action International. Main partners: Al-Tufula Pedagogical Centre (Nazareth), Women’s Affairs Centre (Gaza), Association Najdeh (Beirut) and Sisterhood is Global Institute- SIGI- (Amman)

Mission and Objectives

The mission of the WSC is: “Believing in the right of equality, we contribute to the struggle aimed at achieving social change and transformation which guarantees freedom, dignity and gender equality, and preparing social and women’s leadership capable of carrying such a responsibility” Strategic Goals of the WSC 1. To promote a feminist culture in Palestine based on respect human rights. 2. To develop a cadre of women leaders. 3. To reduce gender disparity. 4. To develop the capacity of Palestinian organizations to support women and girls in especially difficult circumstances. 5. To build its organizational and implementation capacities.

Main Projects / Activities

The WSC plans to implement the following programs and projects between 2006 and 2008: Program 1: Women’s Empowerment and Development Program Project 1: Training and Research for Palestinian Women (On going) Project 2: Economic Independence of Females (New) Project 3: Support to Underprivileged Female University Students (Looking for sponsors) Program 2: Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances Program Project 1: Sexual violence in the Palestinian Society (On going) Project 2: Palestinian Women, Trauma and War Crimes (On going) Program 3: Building and Institutionalizing a Feminist Culture Program Project 1: Resource Centre project includes two elements; a library and a website on Palestinian women (On going) Project 2: Promoting the Rights of the Girl Child (On going)