Opening of Palestinian Women’s-Research and Documentation Centre
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 15, 2006
2006-04
Opening
of Palestinian Women’s
Research
and Documentation
Centre
Paris, 18 January – The Palestine Women’s Research and
Document Centre (PWRDC) was inaugurated today in Ramallah by Zahira Kamal,
Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, and Pierre Sané,
Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Social and Human
Sciences.
During the ceremony, held under the patronage of Prime
Minister, Ahmed Qureia’ (Abu ‘
committee established by UNESCO and the Palestinian Authority considered the
creation of the Centre as a priority project. She also expressed the “hope that
the centre will become an important Palestinian institution, giving a voice to
Palestinian women at the regional and international levels.”
The first of its kind in an Arab country, outside
both a documentation and resource centre and as an observatory. It will be
devoted to research on gender equality and human rights with an emphasis on
women’s rights legislation, on the causes and consequences of poverty among
women, on violence against women and on their participation in political life.
Furthermore, the Centre will develop online databases, produce publications,
organize training courses and provide information to ministries, NGOs, students
and researchers.
Housed at the Palestinian Ministry of Women’s Affairs,
UNESCO provided US$200,000 to create the Centre and has allocated a further
US$150,000 in operating costs for 2006-2007. The
establishment of PWRDC is one of the major projects of UNESCO’s Programme of
Assistance for Rehabilitation and Development in the
close consultation with the Palestinian Authority, aims to promote education,
culture, communication and science for the benefit of the Palestinian
people.
A Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of
the Centre was signed by Mr Sané and Ms Kamal on 13 May last
year.
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Contacts:
Jasmina
Sopova, Press Relations Section
Tel. +33 (0)1 45 68 17 17 / j.sopova@unesco.org
Reem
Attieh
Tel. +
972 (0) 546 286 479 or + 972 (0) 599 585 375
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