On 5th of March, the Palestinian Government approved a number of legislative amendments and regulations that give women more rights. The new amendments allow Palestinian women to pass on their citizenship to their children, open bank accounts in their names and change schools for their children without permission from the father/legal guardian.
Furthermore, the cabinet recommended a series of legal amendments, to be approved by President Mahmoud Abbas, which include canceling or amending laws that allowed rapists to marry their victims in order to avoid punishment and prison as well as adopting new laws that prevent men who murder, assault or rape women to evade lengthy prison sentences.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said in a televised message that these changes “honor Palestinian women and that they are their rights and not a gift to them.” He vowed that more decisions advancing equality between women and men were planned.
In spite of these positive legislative changes Palestinian women face challenges on a daily basis such as access to health, education, employment, housing, political participation, gender-based violence and most importantly the ongoing challenges of the Israeli Occupation and their suppressive acts that violate human rights laws through illegal settlement activities and endless war crimes.
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