The Ministry of Women’s Affairs Discuss with Women’s work association enhancing cooperation through the empowerment of women.

The Minister of Women's Affairs, Ms. Mona Al-Khalili discussed with Women's Work Association, headed by the association's president, Sawsan Saleh, ways to enhance cooperation and joint coordination on issues of women's empowerment in the economic and social fields, with the presence of the Deputy of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, Ms.  Buthaina Salem, and association members Manal Taleb, Ghadeer Ghazawneh, and Budra Al-Sha'ar, along with a ministry team.

Ms. Saleh appreciated the role of the Ministry of Women's Affairs in supporting women's issues and the continuous coordination with women's associations and institutions, praising the existing partnership between the ministry and the association, and thanking the ministry for the economic initiative that the association benefited from in Tamoun area.

Ms. Saleh displayed the nature of the association's work which is spread across several governorates, explaining that cooperative work constitutes one of the main foundations of the association's activities, alongside economic empowerment and awareness programs, in collaboration with official institutions. She pointed out the association's branches in Jenin, Jericho, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Tammoun, in addition to, women's groups that work through them to enhance women's empowerment in their respective locations.

The association explained that, following the aggression and genocide, it introduced support education programs for children and psychological relief programs for children and women, in coordination with the education directorates. It emphasized that the association's interventions and programs are based on the actual needs of women and families, and respond to the conditions imposed by the ongoing aggression.

For her part, Al-Khalili praised the association's efforts and its fieldwork with women in their locations, emphasizing the importance of the partnership between the ministry and the association, especially in the field of economic empowerment, and pointing out that economic and social empowerment are two intertwined paths to strengthen the resilience of Palestinian families and Palestinian women in particular.

Al-Khalili reviewed the most important files that the Ministry of Women's Affairs is working on, foremost among them the organization of the protection file through the National Committee for following up and monitoring Violence. In addition, it included the economic empowerment, policies, and legislative review, in a way that meets the actual needs of women in light of the current circumstances and the existing legal pluralism in Palestine.

It emphasized the importance of working on developing Palestinian laws that align with the reality and needs of the Palestinian people, especially personal status laws and family protection from violence, taking into account the repercussions of aggression and the changes that have occurred in the needs of Palestinian women and families.

At the international level, Al Khalili confirmed that the voices of Palestinian women are present in Arab, regional, and international forums, and that the ministry invests in their participation in international conferences and events to present reports and facts related to the repercussions of the aggression on the Palestinian people, particularly women, and to demand accountability for the violations faced by the Palestinian people.

Al-Khalili affirmed the ministry's commitment to continuing cooperation and coordination in order to ensure the sustainability of the partnership and the development of new ideas and programs that respond to women's needs and enhance their empowerment and resilience.