Index
Ibrahim Natil
(Dublin City University, Ireland)
Conflict, Civil Society, and Women's Empowerment: Insights from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
ISBN: 978-1-80071-061-0, eISBN: 978-1-80071-060-3
Publication date: 13 April 2021
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Natil, I. (2021), "Index", Conflict, Civil Society, and Women's Empowerment: Insights from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 125-128. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-060-320210009
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INDEX
Active engagement
, 84–87
Alternative dispute resolution
, 87–91
Anti-terrorism waiver
, 68
Arab Spring
, 106
Beijing Declaration
, 47–48
Citizen
active participation
, 5–6
involvement
, 5
participation
, 24
Civil society (CS)
, 5–6, 70, 115
activists
, 6, 92
and empowering women
, 10
funding and networking
, 118–119
legitimacy, sustainability and clientalism
, 119
local cynicism
, 117–118
resilience and hope
, 122–123
shifting political landscape
, 116–117
women’s active engagement
, 120–122
Civil society organisations (CSOs)
, 2–4, 8, 15, 31, 47, 65, 86, 115
emergence
, 16–19
engagement and deliveries
, 6
grants and donations
, 9
intervention and contributions
, 6, 16
local
, 7
political factions or parties
, 17
political landscape shifts
, 19–20
projects
, 5
second intifada, CSOs and Gaza new structure
, 20–23
values of CSOs’ intervention and activism
, 24–25
Clientalism
, 119
Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
, 53
Cultural domination
, 32–35
Cynics
, 117
Domestic violence
, 53–55
Economic
deterioration
, 55
pressure
, 55–56
Education
, 84
Elite women
, 34
Engagement
, 10
EU Partnership for Peace Programme
, 67
European Union (EU)
, 4, 65
aid and women empowerment
, 65
challenges and aid balance
, 66–71
crosscutting interests
, 71–75
EU-funded programmes
, 65
limited impact
, 75–78
Foreign aid
, 42, 69–71
Funding
, 118–119
Gaza Strip
, 1, 8, 11, 23, 49–50, 75
civil society activities in
, 4
CSOs’ dependency
, 5
leadership of PLO in
, 106
OPT of
, 100
Palestinian people in
, 1
political and economic siege on
, 50
reconstruction process
, 71
refugee camps in
, 16
vulnerable and marginalised areas
, 56
Gaza’s civilians
, 50
Gazan women
, 54
Gender agenda
, 37–38
Gender awareness
, 70, 76–77
Gender Equality Strategy (2016–2021)
, 74
Gender Initiatives Unit
, 74
Gender-based violence (GBV)
, 54, 72
General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW)
, 33
General Union of Women
, 100
Geneva Convention
, 52
Hamas
, 18, 50
administration
, 75
government’s officials
, 22
Honour killings
, 53
Hope
, 122–123
Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Tolerance programme (HRCRT)
, 85–86
Human security
, 1
Independent CSOs
, 18
International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO)
, 70, 77, 85, 118–119
Intervention
, 9
Intifada
, 101
Islamic CSOs
, 19
Islamic organisations
, 17–18
Islamic Sharia Law
, 38
Israeli illegal occupation
, 51–52
Israeli occupation
, 15, 52
Judicial system
, 75
Law of Quotas
, 37
Leadership
of civil society
, 31
crisis
, 40–41
cultural domination
, 32–35
quotas
, 35–38
women social movement
, 38–42
Legitimacy
, 119
Liberal feminist NGOs
, 17
Local CSOs
, 87
Local cynicism
, 117–118
Local Grassroots Centres
, 16–17
Local leaders and organisations
, 31–32
Local Palestinian CSOs
, 10
March 15th Movement
, 107
Mazouna
, 38
MB legacy
, 17
Media engagement
, 91–94
‘Ministry of NGOs’
, 20–21
Mukhtars
, 88–90
National Liberation Movement of Fatah
, 33
National Movement
, 38
National Women’s Movement
, 39–40
Networking
, 118–119
NGOisation process
, 3, 122
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), 2–3, 15–16, 66, 84 (see also Civil society organisations (CSOs))
Non-verbal violence
, 48
Non-violent resistance activities
, 99
Occupation policies
, 1
Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)
, 1, 18, 35, 47, 65, 83, 99, 115
violence against women in
, 49
young women
, 47
Operation Protective Edge
, 50
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 2
Oslo Agreement
, 39, 67, 102
Oslo Peace Process
, 2
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)
, 100, 115
Palestinian Authority (PA)
, 4, 15, 20, 33, 99
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
, 49, 53
Palestinian Centre for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR)
, 88
Palestinian civil society organisation
, 15, 20
Palestinian CSOs
, 69
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)
, 50
Palestinian liberation movement
, 67–68
Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO)
, 17, 33
Palestinian non-profit organisations
, 16
Palestinian people
, 1
Palestinian Women’s Union
, 38
Panel Law
, 37
Participatory democracy
, 3, 10, 47, 99
theory of
, 5
Peace process
, 1, 18–21, 65, 115, 117
Peacebuilding
, 6
Physical violence
, 48
Platform for Action
, 47–48
Political landscape
, 39–40
shifts
, 19–20
Political violence
, 49–53
Popular resistance committees
, 102
Post-Oslo process
, 3, 15
Programs
, 41–42
Public health service
, 54
Quotas
, 32, 35–38
Repressive regimes
, 2
Resilience
, 122–123
Safe places
, 56–58
Self-adaptation policy
, 15
Society Voice Foundation (SVF)
, 54–55
State-building process
, 2, 67
Sustainability
, 119
of CSOs
, 77
Tamkeen Civil Society Project
, 68
Technical capacity
, 41–42
Unified National Leadership of the Uprising (UNLU)
, 101
United Nation Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)
, 11
United Nations (UN)
, 47
United Nations Relief and Working Agency (UNRWA)
, 8, 16–17, 70–72, 85
CSOs and
, 86–87
Gender Unit
, 73
human rights and conflict resolution programme
, 86
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
, 23, 68
Varkey Foundation
, 85
Verbal violence
, 48
Violence against women
, 48
in OPT
, 49
Violence challenges to participatory civic engagement
, 47–48
domestic violence
, 53–55
economic pressure
, 55–56
political violence
, 49–53
safe places
, 56–58
West Bank
, 1, 8, 11, 23, 49–50, 68, 75
civil society activities in
, 4
CSOs’ dependency
, 5
leadership of PLO in
, 106
OPT of
, 100
Palestinian people in
, 1
refugee camps in
, 16
Women Social Movement
, 38–42
Women’s active engagement
, 120–122
Women’s CSOs
, 16, 76–77
Women’s empowerment
, 66, 88
Women’s grassroots engagement and non-violent activism
, 99
new approach of non-violent, popular
, 102–106
new mode of non-violence
, 106–109
women’s active non-violence
, 100–102
Women’s grassroots peacebuilding engagement
, 83
active engagement
, 84–87
alternative dispute resolution
, 87–91
media engagement
, 91–94
Women’s involvement in community activities
, 88
Women’s Movement
, 37–42, 121
Women’s Young Islamic Association (WYIA)
, 17
Young Women Leaders Programme (YWLP)
, 72, 74
- Prelims
- 1: Introduction
- 2: History of Civil Society Organisations: Activism, Intervention and Shifts
- 3: Leadership of Civil Society: Culture and Constraints
- 4: Challenges of Violence to Participatory Civic Engagement
- 5: Internationally Sponsored Programs: EU Aid and Women Empowerment
- 6: Women’s Grassroots Peacebuilding Engagement
- 7: Women’s Grassroots Engagement and Non-violent Activism
- 8: Conclusion: The Future of the Civil Society: Women’s Engagement
- Index