International Women’s Day

Podcast: Gaza women "suffering but struggling," says Dr. Mona el-Farra

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 19:48
Physician and human rights activist Dr. Mona el-Farra on how the basic needs of Palestinian women are being violated by Israel’s ongoing occupation and siege on Gaza.

Women "carry all" of Palestine's suffering

Eva Bartlett
Gaza Strip
8 March 2013

Israel’s siege is a contributory factor in one fifth of maternal deaths in Gaza.

Women at the heart of struggle

Roqayah Chamseddine
8 March 2012
Women have been at the heart of liberation struggles in the Middle East and North Africa, contrary to Orientalist misrepresentations.

Palestinian women testify about ill-treatment and torture during their arrest and interrogation

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 14:22
The Public Committee Against Torture (PCATI) submitted two group complaints to the Israeli authorities after 29 Palestinian women testified about their ill-treatment and torture by the Shabak and Israeli soldiers last year.

On International Women's Day, stand with Palestinian women prisoners

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 01:18
The Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer put out a statement today marking International Women’s Day (March 8), calling for the release of all Palestinian female political prisoners.

Interview: why Hana al-Shalabi's hunger strike is the focus of Women's Day in Palestine

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
7 March 2012
Khitam Saafin, chairwoman of the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, talks to The Electronic Intifada about the challenges Palestinian women face today and why Hana al-Shalabi’s hunger strike should be supported.
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