PWWSD organizes Meeting on Ways of Supporting Women in Upcoming Local Elections

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development organized a discussion at its headquarters in Ramallah, which joined cal authorities’ members, and representatives of many grassroots organizations, to view the possible ways of assuring a wider women participation in the upcoming local elections. The participants accentuated the role of the Ministry of Local Government in advocating women, and strengthening their participation in the elections, whether by running for membership, or by voting. They also explored the obligation of the feminist movement to encourage women to take part in the local elections, and to promote and support their role.

Suhad Abdel-latif, the coordinator at the programs office in the organization, went though information and factors proposed by the central elections committee on the electoral process, the social trends, and the readiness to participate in the elections, as well as the possibilities to engage a deeper engagement of women in the elections.

Moreover, the campaign launched by organizations across the OPT raised the voice to support women’s right to elect and to vote. The local authorities’ representatives shared their practical experiences, the difficulties and challenges they encountered, and the knowledge the acquired by running the electoral process, so as to encourage other women to live the experience, and to participate effectively and actively in the elections, avoiding repetitive failures, and continuing to build on the successes of previous female members.

The meeting aimed to activate the mobilization for the participation in the elections, as it is a legal, social and political right, and to promote women’s participation as voters and candidates. This initiative  comes under the educational and civic campaign that is being implemented by the PWWSD recently.