PWWSD conducts Workshop on Women’s Right to Inheritance and Elections

Cheikh Rebhi Hamadeh from Al-Bireh and Ramallah Judiciary Court, and PWWSD’s civic educator Naela Oudeh and lawyer Fadwa Thweib conducted two workshops on women’s right to inheritance in Kufur Ein and Mazare Noubani in Ramallah.

The workshops were hosted by Kufur Ein’s Feminist Center and Rural Women’s Center of Mazare Noubani. Tens of men and women attended these workshops that come under the Inheritance Denied project, which is being implemented by the PWWSD, in cooperation with the Danish Church Aid (DCA) and the YMCA and the Women’s Affairs’ Center in Gaza, and is funded by the EU.

Cheikh Rebhi Hamadeh talked about women’s right to inheritance from religious and judiciary perspectives, and about the importance of giving women their rights that are protected by Islam.

Naela Odeh emphasized the need to give women their right to inheritance. She talked about PWWSD’s efforts on this issue, attempting to alter the negative stereotypical images of women.

In Houssan’s Feminist Center, civic educators Wejdan AlAzzeh and Rula Shwieki held two meetings on marital relationships, and safe sex between spouses, and the effects on children. The meetings also tackled issues like citizenship, and elections. Shweiki listened to women’s interventions, which emphasized healthy and safe intercourses, and the positive effects this will leave on the family.

Wejdan AlAzzeh talked about citizenship and elections and the important role of women as voters and candidates.