Union of Palestinian Women's Committees

The Union of Palestinian Women's Committees (UPWC) (Arabic: اتحاد لجان المرأة الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian non-profit organization founded in the year 1980 "to empower Palestinian women on all levels and to contribute in the Palestinian national struggle against the Israeli military illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories".[1]

Union of Palestinian Women's Committees Society
Founded1980 (1980)
TypeNon-profit
FocusEmpowering Palestinian women to contribute in the Palestinian national struggle
Area served
Palestinian territories
Websiteupwc.org

In October 2021, UPWC was designated a terrorist organization by Israel, together with five other Palestinian non-profit, non-governmental organizations.[2] The designation was condemned by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch,[3] and the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights who called it a “frontal attack on the Palestinian human rights movement and on human rights everywhere.”[4]

References
  1. "Union of Palestinian Women Committees". UN ESCWA.
  2. Jonathan Lis,Hagar Shezaf, 'Gantz Declares Six Palestinian NGOs Terrorist Organizations,' Haaretz 22 October 2021
  3. Human Rights Watch 'Israel/Palestine: Designation of Palestinian Rights Groups as Terrorists' 22 October 2021
  4. UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights 'UN experts condemn Israel's designation of Palestinian human rights defenders as terrorist organisations' 25 October 2021
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