Women

The ceremony was opened by Dr, Muayad Abusaa in a speech on behalf of the President of the University where he congratulated the female employees on the International Women Day and emphasized that the Palestinian women are half the society and they are main partners in struggle and work. He added that third the staff of the University of administrative staff and academics are women and some are in higher administrative positions as well. He finally wished for them the best and more progress in their lives.

In the 2 days workshop, participants discussed the ways to address the violence problem among students of the higher education institutions and to enhance discourse. The workshop also continued I discussing topics from previous workshops that are related to empowering female students to participate in the university life and be part of the student council elections. Part of the workshop was about training to students in the fields of enhancing discourse language and renouncing violence from a gender perspective.

The audience stressed the importance for women to participate in the elections in order to develop the student’s women movement in universities.

Speakers in this workshop explained that these activities are part of the series of project World 3 that is planned in 13 universities to encourage students to participate in the extracurricular activities and enable them to compete in the elections of the student union council.