WATC publications in Arabic
Books
Women Pioneers of our Country (Volume I) 2005
Published with support from the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)
Highlights the experiences of five leaders of the Palestinian women's movement.
Pioneers from Palestine (Volume II) 2006
Published with support from the Swiss Agency For Development and Cooperation.
Highlights the stories of the first five women elected to the first Palestinian Legislative Council.
A Woman and her Country (2004)Subtitles in English.
Directed by Birzeit Media Center and produced with support from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Documentary film about Suheir Taha, head of the village council of Kherbat Kais, a village near Salfit. Taha was first woman to head a village council in Palestine.
Women and Decision Making (2005) Subtitles in English.
Directed by Sobhi Zubeidi and produced with support fromthe Norwegian Representative office to the PNA.
Palestinian Women: From a Charitable Role to a National and Social Role (2005)Subtitles in English.
Directed by Anis Barghouthi and produced with support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Documentary examining the development of the Palestinian women's movement.
Training manuals and booklets
Training of Trainers Manual: Empowerment of Women and Community Awareness (2005)
Prepared by Sana' Aranki and Arabiya Mansoor and supported by Diakonia
Manual on Electoral Campaign Management for Women (2004)
Prepared by Nibal Thawabte and produced with support from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Eliminating Discrimination Against Women in Palestinian Law (2003)
Produced with support from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Booklet for legislators addressing gender mainstreaming in policies and laws.
Promoting Equality in the Work of Local Government Councils (2003)
Produced with support fromKonrad Adenauer Stiftung
Booklet for local council members addressing gender mainstreaming in programmes, projects and budgets.
Election Campaign Directory For Women
Sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Manual encouraging women to vote, emphasizing the importance of their vote and providing information on how to vote
The following series of training manuals was produced with support from Friedrich Ebert Stiftung:
1: Communication Skills
2: Women as Community Workers
4: Gender
5: Negotiation skills
6: Participatory Rapid Appraisal
Pamphlets
Vote! (2005)
Sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Our Rights in Everyday Language (1997)
Sponsored by NORAD
Discusses the Declaration of Human Rights in lay terms.
Newspaper: Voice of Women
Produced with support from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
WATC has produced a bi-monthly newspaper, Sawt An-Nissa (Voice of Women), for eleven years. The paper addresses women's issues and creates a platform for Palestinian women from all sectors of society to express their views and analysis of current issues. The newspaper is printed by Al Ayam daily newspaper and distributed every second Thursday as a segment of Al Ayam as well as independently.
Read Sawt An-Nissa on our Arabic website
Radio program: Against Silence
Produced with support from the Norwegian Representative Office to the PNA
WATC has produced a weekly radio programme on women's issues, Against Silence, which has been broadcast for 10 years. The public radio station, Voice of Palestine, currently hosts the program. The radio program features women of all backgrounds and is an important medium for reaching communities which are too remote or impoverished to have regular access to newspaper, radio or internet, on women's issues and initiatives.
Against Silence is broadcast every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. on Voice of Palestine at the following frequencies:
90.7 mhz: Ramallah, Jerusalem and Bethlehem
99.4 mhz: Ramallah and Hebron
102.2 mhz: Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Tulkarem and Qalqilya
Satellite: Nilesat audio 2: 11823
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