Women's Role In The Israel-Palestine Conflict

Since the beginning of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, women have suffered some of the worst treatment being subject to a lack of education, forced marriages, discrimination, and abuse. Progress in women's rights has been constantly obstructed by the endless violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Women have no protection in the current conditions from either governments. Palestinian laws have done nothing but degraded the already horrible conditions for women. Israeli law enforcement holds a non-interference policy when it comes to domestic abuse because they are said to be “personal matters”. Although women’s groups have gained some ground throughout the years, particularly gaining full suffrage in the early 2000s, continued court rulings and ignorance has destroyed much progress. Palestinian media has also continued to hide the true scope of these abuses. Vile acts such as honor killings and sexual assault crimes have been covered up by state media, and are generally ignored by the international community.

Past International Action
There are many treaties adopted by the international community as well as major laws passed by the Palestinian government.
Palestinian women lack rights in all these three issues. Kenya strongly believes that the patriarchal culture of Palestine is the root of the problem. To stop this Kenya, as a leader in African women’s rights and a majority Muslim nation, believes in empowering women through economic and political means. Through NGOs, Kenya believes that we can train women to take more jobs in fields such as business. With women already showing great influence in elections, empowering and training women to be active in the political world will ensure the continued progress of rights. Kenya also proposes creating World Bank subsidies to provide basic services such as healthcare to women in areas where they cannot access