Project Name: End Violence Against Woman & Girls

Donor: USAID / EPJP

Duration: 2015 – 2016

Target Beneficiaries: youth and women ages between (17 – 35 years old)

Targeted Areas: Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Jenin

Sector: Advocacy, Awareness, Women Rights, Violence against women

Budget: $ 30,000

About the Project:

The project aims to raise awareness among youth and women by helping them to discover the role of family court in Palestine, its procedures, and the way it functions. On another level, this project will give law university students the opportunity to practice what they have learned in collage in a real life. Also, women and youth will contribute to forming a policy paper in order for them to gain their well-deserved benefits from the constitution.  On other words, the participants will expectantly learn to take on a more vigorous role as citizens concerning family court issues.

Achieved outcomes:

• (4) Universities are selected and signed MOU.
• (4) Debate forums are conducted.
• Awareness campaign is designed to be implemented in the targeted locations.
• Women Network for Family Court Counseling is created.
• Four meetings\ sessions to create the Women Network for Family Court Counseling are conducted.