PWWSD organizes Study Circle on Reality and Challenges of Women Political Participation

The Palestinian Working Women’s Society for Development in Nablus hosted on Monday a study circle on the reality and challenges of women’s political participation.

As Suhad Abdelatif, the coordinator for the psych-social program pointed out, the aim of the activity was to share the experiences and prospective of feminist leaders on women’s political participation in the coming period. The session is a continuation of a pervious activity held in Ramallah on women’s status, their social and political role, and the future strategies for women’s mobilization.

Amal Khraishe initiated the debate as she also stressed the importance to conduct similar trainings in order to project a critical prospective of women’s status in Palestine. She stated that any social movement void of political principles is limited and transient. Khraishe explained that politics is not necessarily included within the frames of political parties or the government, but it’s the accumulation of an organized thoroughly-thought effort. She also presented the history of the feminist movement, which was formed amidst the Palestinian national struggle and is representative and inclusive of all Palestinian women inside Palestine and in the Diaspora. Therefore, according to Khraishe, the genuine principles of the feminist movement must be restored through feminist groups and unions, which have originally earned their credibility and reliability by representing women’s daily hurt and pains.

Khraishe also talked about women’s participation in the Palestinian Agreement, as she presented a position paper on the topic.