DanChurchAid
West Bank/Gaza
Women's legal status is weak in patriarchal Palestinian society. The right to inherit is an especially weak point not least when it comes to the inheritance of land. The EU has granted 5,6 mio. kroner to DanChurchAid's work to secure women their legal right of inheritance.
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DanChurchAid has published an advocacy manual to provide a tool for marginalised or discriminated groups, and the civil society organisations that work on their behalf, to advocate for the equal rights and opportunities of all citizens, regardless of their gender, religious or ethnic belonging.
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The war is over in Gaza, the rebuilding is slowly on its way, but still people are traumatized after the Israeli attack at the beginning of the year.
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Southern Lebanon was the epicenter of Israel’s massive bombardment in the final days of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah forces. As a result large areas were contaminated with unexploded cluster munitions threatening to wound or kill those who disturbed them.
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Even paper is not allowed inside. Nor is glass. Tens of thousands of families can’t replace the windows in their homes that were blown out during the war.
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Glass, metal and silicone are just a few of the things that are needed to repair the damages caused by the Israeli bombing of Gaza. But since it is nearly impossible to get goods and building materials into Gaza, the Palestinian people have developed their own solution: they have gone underground.
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In order to get basic necessities into Gaza, the Palestinian people have developed their own solution: they dig tunnels from buildings on the Gazan side of the border over to the Egyptian side. But while the tunnels may provide temporary relief from strangulation, like so much else in this conflict, it’s an absurd and useless solution.
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The flow of people in – and, more importantly, out – of Gaza, has all but stopped, including exit permits for medical patients in desperate need of treatment in Israel and occupied Jerusalem. But while many in Gaza are trying in vain to get out, we were trying to get in.
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World stands by as Gazans sift through rubble 3 months after ceasefire, warn aid agencies
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While some aid has crossed into Gaza, humanitarian access is still quite challenging, reports ACT International. Aid organisations continue to experience significant difficulty in sending staff and additional supplies into the area to support emergency relief work and begin recovery operations.
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Is Israel to compensate for the destruction of clinics after the Gaza war? ACT International’s coordinator in Jerusalem, Liv Steimoeggen has raised the question.
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An initial three truckloads of ACT-supported food, milk and medical supplies have now reached Gazans in desperate need of assistance.
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Israeli missiles destroyed a DCA-supported health clinic in and Gaza on Sunday.
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The situation in Gaza remains to be difficult and dangerous. ACT situation report from Gaza.
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Food, medicine, blankets and trauma counselors are being loaded into trucks by ACT International and are headed for Gaza. In cooperation with UN agencies, ACT has prepared the much needed assistance and is awaiting permission from the Israeli army for the trucks to enter the blockaded area.
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