PWWSD submits Letter to Prime Minister to apply CEDAW in Palestinian Laws

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development submitted a letter to the Palestinian PM Dr. Salam Fayad, in which the organization applauds the role of the government and the pioneer economic, political and social accomplishments. PWWSD, which organized a demonstration in front of the Palestinian cabinet, called the PM to push for the activation of the presidential decrees endorsing CEDAW and UNSCR1325, and to take serious measures in this regard. 

PWWSD also demanded the government to provide full protection for Palestinian women from violence and violence perpetrators. Amal Khreishe, the general director of the PWWSD delivered the letter to Mr. Jamal Zakout, the deputy of PM Dr. Salam Fayad, and urged him to allocate more budgets to protect women from violence, pointing out that the demonstration aims to encourage the government to apply CEDAW in the Palestinian legislation and laws. 

Zakout demonstrated his support for the women’s demands expressed in the letter, and stressed that these demands are just, and that the government will work hard to achieve them. He also called all the feminist forces to join efforts to achieve the rights of Palestinian women.