Social movement of bedouin women in universal month against violence

ADWAR signed an agreement project "social movement for Bedouin women," in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the frame work of the program of strengthening civil society participation, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Catholic Relief Services office in Bethlehem. The project aims to develop the knowledge and skill of young women and men in Bedouin communities, the most marginalized areas located in the south east of Yatta (Umm al Khayr, An Naj?dah, Al Zuwaydin,Alfaqeer, Arab al Ka'abnah) to establish a "gathering of young women and men to advocate the issues of Bedouin women" in order to be able to make pressure and to make an influence to achieve the demands of women, in addition to influence on decision-makers in the "Ministry of Local Government" in order to activate the role of local councils in the provision of essential community services that take into account the needs of gender. The project also aims to educate the Bedouin community about the importance of the role of women in community, participation and changing. The project will achieve its objectives throughout the establishment of many community activities training program, seminars and media awareness by young women and men in Bedouin communities in cooperation with local councils and tribesmen. Sahar Alkawasmeh, ADWAR Association director pointed out that the project is an important project to the association since it is targeting young women and men in Bedouin communities, the most marginalized in the southeast of Yatta south of Hebron governorate, which suffer from social and economic conditions and difficult political situations. Women are marginalized, they are not allowed to participate in social activities and events, they are ignored and unable to participate despite the fact that women occupy almost half of the population of those gatherings. Statistics show that women cannot complete their higher education, as the dropout rate rises at high school level. It is thought that it is better to keep women in homes due to poverty and the difficulty of remote communications, in this project will contribute to strengthening the role of women to participate in decision-making and to claim the rights that considers the needs of gender.