Marking Women’s Day, Gaza heard the stories of women who had broken the gender stereotypes as part of the “Listen to Your Voice” campaign.
Organised by the Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights the event saw Fatimah Soror explain how she became the first female bus driver in 2005.
“I challenged the community traditions and succeeded to fulfill a dream that many Palestinian women want to achieve,” she said.
We as Palestinian women …#WomensDay#Palestine#Israel pic.twitter.com/s0pGVgRK8w
— The Liberation of ?? (@OLiIIy) March 8, 2017
Euro-Mid adviser for women’s issues Arroub Soboh spoke about the challenges facing the Palestinian women, stressing that women are able to make “positive change” towards a “better life”.
She also spoke about the general problems facing woman in the region, including strict rules and traditions, as well as unemployment and low wages.
Ratiba Ahel, Palestinian refugee who fled war-torn Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria to Gaza, said that she “defeated despair and succeeded in her project” to make handcrafts, noting that her products started to find their way into the Palestinian market “however they are very simple”.
Israel should stop its violence against #palestinian women in occupied #palestine ?? women should be respected & not mistreated #womensday pic.twitter.com/4cz6dgMQ7P
— Baz4peace (@Baz4peace) March 7, 2017
Meanwhile, the former female prisoner, who spent time in Israeli jails, Fatima Al-Zeq spoke about her suffering inside Israeli jails, reminding attendants that there remain 56 females held in Israeli jails.
At the same time, hundreds of women in Gaza took to the streets and headed to the UN office in Gaza, calling for the international body to put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop its violations against Palestinian women.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
