cover image: Agents of change: The role of Palestine’s women-led organisations in crisis

Agents of change: The role of Palestine’s women-led organisations in crisis

27 Sep 2024

According to OCHA, in 2022, despite and one girl) and injured at least 6,106 (including 159 an increase in the number of Palestinians permitted to women) with live ammunition in the context of the right exit the Gaza Strip, such “movement remained the of return protests along the border fence between Gaza exception rather than the rule, with the vast majority and Israel.12 of residents, over 2 mil. [...] Pregnant women and the economic burden and hardship on exhausted families, new mothers are also among the most affected due to the and forcing women and girls to work outside the home to lack of nutrition and medical support. [...] regarding the seriousness with which key actors and Their efforts also highlight their role in advocacy and decision-makers, such as the UN, approach the inclusion representation, as they successfully engage with key of WLOs and WROs in decision-making processes, both organisations like the UN to bring aid and attention to during the current emergency planning and in the later their communities. [...] The future security of women is highly dependent on the political stability and clarity of the governance system in Gender justice and the future of Gaza and Palestine 19 Legal and political barriers for an active role in shaping their communities and securing future participation of women in a just and lasting peace. [...] The destruction of infrastructure and the collapse of robust protection mechanisms, and the active of legal systems further exacerbate their vulnerability, participation of women in every stage of the recovery leaving many women without the necessary support to and governance process.

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