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Thanks to EU support, CARE International and its Palestinian partners raise awareness on violence against women and children in the Gaza Strip.
 
CARE International has joined forces with the cooperation of the local partners Women Affairs Technical Committee (WATC) and Women Affairs Center (WAC) to launch a gender-equality promotion campaign that will begin on January 1st, 2010 and will run until June 30th, 2010. 
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30/3/2009 Condemnaion Statement

 

Women‘s Affairs Technical Committee denounce the killing of Ola Hasan Safi (31 years), from the Maghazi refugee camp / Gaza Strip on Tuesday 24/3/2009, a few days after the birth of her baby. We demand that the Public Prosecutor take measures to ensure the disclosure of the circumstances of this crime and bring the killers to justice....

 

 

 
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"Palestinian women are the guardians of our eternal torch and continued existence”

Ramallah- March 30, 2009 Today, on Palestinian Land Day, we announce the public art project "Out of the Gallery: Celebrating Women in Culture" in the Ottoman Court Building, Ramallah. The European Commission is funding 69% of this 72 thousand Euro project, developed and implemented through the partnership of The Women‘s Affairs Technical Committee and The Open Workshop for Culture and Art. The partners share a commitment in illuminating the role Palestinian women play in contemporary art, literature and cultural heritage. This project is proudly participating in the "Jerusalem Arab Capital of Culture 2009" celebration. The resulting 20 meter long sculpted public mural will be divided in two and placed in occupied East Jerusalem and Ramallah, symbolizing the current physical separation of the united Palestinian people.

 
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Voice of Women 308
As five women ministers were appointed to take part in the 13th Palestinian government, the Women’s Affairs Technical Committee Association received the news with much anticipation. The five chosen ministers are highly professional and committed to both national, and women’s affairs.  
In the celebration organized by WATCA to commemorate women’s presence in one of the highest levels of the policymaking, more than 150 women including women activists, ex-ministers, and representatives of women committees and organizations appeared in the meeting, along with prominent PLC members and some politicians.
Rose Shomali, the general Director of WATCAA described the appointment of the ministers as an important development and a remarkable achievement for the Palestinian women’s movement and for WATCA in particular, as all five ministers took part in WATCA activities at some point in their political lives....
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