In her meeting with Mr. Shaher Saad, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Federation of Trade Unions and the accompanying delegation on Tuesday in her office in Ramallah, Ms. Muna Al-Khalili, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, stressed on the importance of working on the common issues regarding female workers with Labor laws and legislation governing the relationship between workers and employers.

She praised the role of the labor union movement and the Palestinian working class, and confirmed the ministry’s willingness to cooperate and engage with the Federation and partners on common issues concerning female workers, which leads to increase their efficiency, recognize their rights and contributes to the empowerment of working women by pushing forward to activation of social security and wage equity commission; In addition to the government’s keenness to create mechanisms to ensure access to justice, equality and empowerment.

In turn, Mr. Saad explained that the Federation seeks to lift the injustice directed towards workers including females, and encourages them to join labor unions in their work place where they may suffer from violence due to the lack of supportive union frameworks for women and advocating for their rights. 

He also confirmed that the federation is working to protect the economic and social rights of female workers, which are still incomplete and subject to violations, particularly for those working in informal sectors.