Human Rights

As part of the project “Promoting the Culture of Respecting Women's Rights in Academic Institutions - Respect Her”, hbs partner Community Media Center (CMC) commences implementing a training program to develop the capabilities of Palestinian female academics.

The Center for Women's Legal Research, Counselling and Protection (CWLRCP) in Gaza succeeds in obtaining the approval and endorsement of the High Judicial Shari’a Council in Gaza in raising the age of child custody to 18 years old.

On 7 December 2020, Tamkeen and hbs launched the study “Under the Microscope: Analysis of Human Trafficking Cases in Jordan”, published in both Arabic and English.

A virtual conference, the establishment of a commission for Palestinian female academics, a youth camp, and awareness-raising workshops are some of the activities carried out in Gaza by hbs partner CMC.

On 11 October 2020, SOWT and Heinrich Böll Foundation Palestine and Jordan conducted an online "Listening Party on Human Trafficking in Jordan". Click to watch a summary of the event, which provides information on the definition of human trafficking and specific cases in Jordan.

The radio program Mahatat Masr focuses on the conditions of Egyptian migrant workers in Jordan, in an effort to give them a platform to express themselves and to try to help them in their struggles. In this article, the author reports on the program and describes the many successes it has achieved.

Researchers and academics from around the world answer this question at Muwatin’s 26th Annual Conference

Liberate yourself, [and] you liberate the land, Hanan Ashrawi’s fathers told her. She became the first woman in the Executive Committee of the PLO. 

In 2020, we celebrate 75 years of the UN, the intergovernmental organization that, since its formation, aimed to maintain international peace, security, and a protection of human rights. Silke Voß-Kyeck, an expert on the United Nations and rapporteur for Forum Menschenrechte, explores the correlation between finances and human rights protection within the UN for the 75th anniversary of the organisation.