All Women's Rights Fund partners in Occupied Palestinian Territory have been severely impacted by the ongoing violence and lack of supplies.
Our partners plan to support affected families with food, clothing, hygiene kits, cash, counselling and more.
Oxfam condemns all attacks, violence and targeting of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. You can find out more about Oxfam's response on the Gaza appeal page.
Aid and Hope Program for Cancer Patients Care
Aid and Hope (Facebook) was founded in Gaza in 2009. They support women with cancer through psychosocial support, access to treatment, income generation projects and skills training. Aid and Hope established the first factory in Gaza for breast prostheses.
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Imagine yourself in a place like Gaza with poverty, unemployment...and you can't get out to get your medication. This is the main aim of Aid and Hope. To find ways, to find solutions for all women who have cancer in Gaza.”
Eman Shannan, Director, Aid and Hope, Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Al Ataa Charitable Society
Al Ataa was founded in 2000 in the north of Gaza. The organisation works to protect and empower women, people with disabilities, youth and children. Al Ataa’s programmes include skills training, women leadership, access to justice and children’s education. With the onset of war, they are also supporting internally displaced people providing psychological first aid and in-kind support.
Al Atta on Facebook.
Beesan Benevolent Association
Beesan Benevolent Association work with women and young people in Gaza, providing legal, psychological and recreational support to survivors of gender-based violence.
Beesan Benevolent Association on Facebook.
Cooperative Society of Saving & Lending (CSSL)
CSSL work for the social, economic and psychological empowerment of rural women in Gaza. It is made up of 13 women-led cooperatives working in areas such as honey, dairy and medicinal herbs production.
Amongst their activities, CSSL provide loans for women to start up small businesses, training on key business skills and essential aid, such as hot meals, during emergencies.
CSSL on Facebook
Not to Forget Women Society
Not to Forget Women Society works in Jenin, in the West Bank. The Society provides women and children with legal, social, and psychological aid, focusing mostly on displaced vulnerable women and survivors of gender-based violence.
Not To Forget Women Society website
Palestinian Women’s Development Society (PWDS)
PWDS is based in Ramallah, in the West Bank. The organisation's programmes include economic, social, and psychological empowerment – enabling women to advocate for their own rights and the rights of others, with a particular focus on marginalized women.
The Rural Woman Association
The Rural Woman Association was founded in 2015 to support Bedouin communities in Hebron, West Bank. The association runs various projects including farming, job creation for women, literacy, childcare and health and well-being.
The Rural Woman Association on Facebook.
Sunflower Association for the Protection of Humanity and the Environment (SAPHE)
Sunflower Association was established in 2010 in the West Bank to protect people and the environment. They run programmes for women and young people on environmental protection, social development and job creation. They also specialise in cloth production through their recycling centre.
The Women’s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
With branches in the West Bank and Gaza, WATC works across diverse sectors, including women’s empowerment, political participation, youth leadership and capacity building.
WATC Website
Women Programs Centre
The Women Programs Centre was established in 1952 by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The centre in Rafah, Gaza, supports women with vocational training, access to health and psychological support. With the current war on Gaza, the organisation is also providing emergency aid (food, water and essential items) to populations sheltering in tents and schools.
Past Members
Association for the Protection of Women and Children (AISHA)
AISHA works to protect and empower women and child survivors of violence with psycho-social, legal and economic support in the most marginalised communities in Gaza.
The organisation received a one-off grant from the Women's Rights Fund to provide emergency cash support to 50 vulnerable women during the escalation of violence in 2021.
Family Defense Society (FDS)
Family Defense Society was established in 1994. The organisation runs one of the three women’s shelters in the West Bank. They were a partner of the Women's Rights Fund from 2020-2024.
FDS provides women with skills, training and financial aid so they can support themselves once they leave. They work in communities to raise awareness of gender-based violence and combat patriarchal social norms that contribute to it.
Family Defense Society on Facebook.
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We are working with abused women and their children. We have the first shelter in Palestine. Providing healthcare and legal advice and legal representation for abused women and their children. We have a helpline and a community awareness programme.”
Shaden Bustami, Director of Family Defense Society (FDS) in the West Bank.
Wefaq Society for Women & Child Care
Wefaq Society for Women and Child Care was founded in 2010.
The organisation works on strengthening the resilience of women survivors of violence. They do this by raising awareness of women's rights, providing women with legal support and representation, counselling as well as community mediation services to solve family problems (such as supporting divorced women's access to their children). Wefaq was a partner of the Women's Rights Fund from 2021 to 2024.
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The Women's Rights Fund is the first flexible funding we implemented and we appreciate the space we are given to set our agenda and to fund what we see as a priority.. I keep talking about this project and the importance of other INGOs to follow by example!”
Buthaina Sobh, Founder, WEFAQ
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