The Centre organises a workshop entitled "Family violence and its effect on children"

The Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution, in cooperation with Beit Hanoun Secondary School for Girls, organised a workshop on Wednesday 17/3/2010 entitled "Family violence and its effect on children", within the events of the project for supporting and protecting women funded by Norwegian People's Aid. Dozens of women from the Beit Hanoun and Ezbeh areas took part in the workshop, where many subjects were addressed, the most prominent of them the definition of violence in general and of family violence in particular and its forms. The causes of family violence and its types were also addressed, along with the effects of practising violence against women on the family as a whole and on the children in particular, and the mechanisms by which a woman can protect herself and her children from violence, by acquainting her with how to address the family problems she faces and with her rights and duties.
The workshop was held over two days: the first day covered the definitions, causes and effects arising from family violence, and at the end of the meeting it was agreed to identify the problems most facing women and families in the Beit Hanoun area. On the second day the women were formed into groups to put forward solutions to the family problems they face, on the basis of what had been presented and discussed at the first meeting. The second meeting ended with recommendations, the most important of them being:
Calling for an increase in the number of workshops in remote and marginalised areas
Addressing new subjects such as exchange marriage in workshops aimed at men
At the end of the workshop the services the Centre provides and how it receives cases were presented, the most important of them providing legal and psychological assistance to abused women, as well as the social service, the free number service (1800-400-600) through which services and advice are provided to women, in addition to the family meeting point service for divorced and abused women
At the end of the workshop the women spoke about some real stories that show the scale of the violence directed at women and how women accept this violence because of society's culture on the one hand and for other reasons. The specialist offered the women many solutions to help them reduce the violence directed at them
For her part, Raeda Wishah, the project's psychologist, confirmed that these workshops come within a series of workshops through which the Centre targets secondary school pupils and their families with the aim of limiting the violence directed at women and at society.