The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development organized a workshop for mothers who have special need children in Beit Rima in Ramallah. The workshop which was moderated by the counselor Khitam Zahran, focused on educating women on how to handle and respect their special need children, and how to fulfill their needs and respect their feelings. The counselor explained that the special needs enjoy the same human rights and an equal status in our society, and that there physical disability should not stands between them and their aspirations in life, on the contrary it should motivate them to pursue their dreams. Zahran added that in order to improve the conditions of the special needs, the family, the school, the concerned organizations have to join efforts, and to engage the special needs in the social and entertainment activities.
The workshop also discussed the issue of hysterectomy, and the stereotypical image of the special needs, especially special need women, who are dependent on their families, and sometimes accused of being possessed. However, nowadays this image has changed as the special need women receive social and medical attention, despite the continuous harassment.
The civic education program at the Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development implemented several activities in Tulkarem, which were directed at many women from the villages and the camps in the city. Through the activities the participants discussed several issues concerning women like gender, the dangers of early marriage, and the important role of women in the local elections, as well as women’s important role in the public life. In addition, the participants went though many concepts concerning the feminist demands and gender issues. The counselor Ashwak Omar talked about the dangers of early marriage on young women, their families and the society, and she urged the participants to work together to decrease this phenomenon in the Palestinian society.
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