- Human rights
Vision:
Women for Life’s vision is of an independent Palestinian state and a society based on principles of democracy, equality and justice, where women are empowered and their rights are protected.
Mission:
Women for Life works primarily to counter gender-based violence, to aid women victims of violence and to assist women who have suffered from negative Israeli occupation practices. WFL provides legal and social services to these women, seeks to build the capacity of state institutions to support these women and educates communities on women’s rights and gender equality through awareness-raising programmes. Furthermore, WFL strives to economically and politically empower Palestinian women through the provision of workshops aimed at developing the relevant practical skills.
Need to look at WFL’s mission statement in Arabic with Faten as the original English version is not clear. The first priority for “Women for Life” is to assist the women victim of violence particularly, and the women in general and to work with the women in Salfit county to create a society free from violence against women and children. “WFL” is insisting to create changes that it could be get to build strong women has the authorization to demand for their secure , rights in education , access to work, legal marriage age , rights to vote in elections, and give her the rights to participate in the political decisions
Strategic Objectives:
1. To contribute to the prevention and elimination of violence against women.
2. To build women's self-capacities to achieve self-reliance.
3. To activate women's role and participation in political work.
4. To build the organisational capacities of WFL in order to achieve self-sufficiency and sustainability
1. Providing legal and social services:
In order to address the increasing problem of violence against Palestinian women, WFL provides legal and social services to women victims of violence and targets state services such as police officials to better assist violated women. WFL also provides legal representation to attain women’s rights, and runs awareness-raising workshops on gender equality.
2. Building women’s self-capacities to become economically self-sufficient:
WFL runs several workshops aimed at developing women’s business acumen and professional skills to increase employment prospects amongst women. Local women learn artisan crafts in order to acquire specialist skills, alongside being educated in marketing and project management techniques.
3. Developing life-skills and building capacities in Palestinian youth:
This programme aims to expand children’s life-skills by engaging them in workshops and activities which encourage them to be creative, active and open-minded. WFL has links with several cultural institutions that provide opportunities for youth to develop their arts and professional skills.
4. Strengthening and empowering women’s political role:
To ensure that women are well-represented and participative in Palestine’s political arena, WFL educates and trains women to participate in public forums and conferences and seeks to develop women leaders on a local and national level
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Women for life society would be faithful to join your network to know more about human rights in order to support women in Palestine in the legal aspects.Women for Life is one of the only organisations committed to helping women victims of violence and to advocating women’s rights in the Salfit and Qalqilya regions of the West Bank in the OPT.
These areas are considered to be marginalised as a result of the Israeli occupation.because of this, we always try to seek fund from the donors to continue our activities in supporting women in general and women who exposed to violence in particular.
WFL also seeks to be members in the national and international networks in order to strengthen itself by being a member in these strong institutions members in the same networks, this could benefit us and learn from your experiences to support our experiences and to have new partners in the international countries. WFL will be proud to be a member in your network