His Excellency Dr. Ahmad Bahar/ Gaza, Ombudsman Office   Subject: Discrimination against Women in Holding Public Office   MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession extend their warmest greetings, noting that we received a written complaint on 25/09/2017 from a citizen named Huda Tayseer Adwan, stating that she applied for the job...

MUSAWA – The Palestinian center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession conducted two workshops for the students of the law faculties at Al-Quds University and Birzeit University. The workshops were held at MUSAWA’s Ramallah office, with the purpose of introducing the students to the proceedings of criminal trials. A total of 35 students, including 19 women, from both universities participated in the training which aimed at demonstrating the proceedings of Aya Baradiyyah’s murder. The indictee’s lawyer in the aforementioned case explained these ...

Saying NO to sex-based discrimination in senior positions in the judiciary: Women have the right to hold public office and senior positions of all levels MUSAWA – The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, along with the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) signed below, express their deep discontent at excluding a woman from serving as a magistrate judge merely because she is a woman; an unjust decision that has no legitimate justification, and blatantly deviates from the provisions of the Basic Law, in particula...