Environmental Justice

The Research project focused on Gender Empowerment and Treated Waste Reuse in EinQinia Village and demonstrated the connection between Gender, water and treated wastewater.

The UN climate summit in Marrakech from 7 to 18 November, is the crucial next step for operationalizing the Paris Agreement. Many controversial issues such as damages caused by climate change and financing for the poorest countries are on the agenda.

The Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association – DVV International cordially invites you to attend the symposium on Adult Education: Social Change and Environmental Sustainability

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Palestine & Jordan and the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) held a roundtable discussion on 12 October 2016 in Ramallah, where Dr. Marwan Ghanem presented his study "Gender Empowerment and Treated Wastewater Reuse in Ein Qinia". Here you can read a summary of the event and go through the photos.

Heinrich Böll Stiftung Palestine & Jordan and the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) invite you to a round table to present the study of "Gender Empowerment and Treated Wastewater Reuse in Ein Qinia" by Dr. Marwan Ghanem on Wedessday 12.10.2016 at 11:00 am at hbs meeting room- 5th floor/ Ramallah.

Women in Palestine are disproportionately affected by the lack of access to sanitation and adequate quantities of safe water. The research aimed to improve the empowerment of communities and individuals (mainly women) in the Palestinian urban areas on the acceptance of the reuse of treated wastewater. Research was carried out at Ein Qinyia village in Ramallah about whether or not training women can increase their awareness and accept the reuse of treated wastewater from the Al-Tireh Wastewater Treatment Plant.

hbs held the first training of its kind in Palestine on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), in the three first days of August 2016. Seventeen enthusiastic participants, two of them from Gaza, attended the training, which was delivered by Dr. Suha al-Madbouh.

Heinrich Boell Foundation’s Palestine & Jordan Office is holding a training on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Ramallah, Palestine between 01-03 August 2016. We encourage applicants interested in the topic to apply for the training.

In partnership with the Jordanian Ministry of Environment, the Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan (JREDS), and EDAMA- Energy, Water & Environment Productivity-, Heinrich Boell Foundation’s Palestine & Jordan Office held a discussion workshop “From Amman to Marrakesh towards COP22” on 9 May 2016 in Amman, Jordan.