Annual Report - Palestinian Center for Human Rights

4.3) Contribution to Training Courses Organized by Other Civil Society
Organizations
• Between 23 February and 6 April 2005, the unit head was the facilitator for 5
training sessions and workshops organized by the Women’s Affairs Center on
women in international human rights instruments. These courses were organized
in the context of the Palestinian Female Students Empowerment Project. The
number of participants involved in these meetings was 27.
• On 24 February and 5 April 2005, the unit head was the facilitator for two training
days (8 hours) hosted by PCHT and organized by the Center for Conflict
Resolution and Social Reconciliation (Wifaq) for university students. The number
of trainees involved was 40.
• On 16 January 2005, the unit head delivered a lecture on the rights of the child at
the Tamer Institution in Gaza City. The number of participants was 25.
• On 23 July 2005, the unit head delivered a lecture on human rights, democracy
and elections at the Union of Palestinian University Female Graduates in Gaza
City. The number of participants was 35.
• On 10 and 11 September 2005, the unit head was the facilitator for two training
sessions organized by Together News Agency on the Palestinian elections. The
two sessions focused on the principle of elections; historical background of
elections; the amended Palestinian electoral law; stages of the electoral process;
and electoral violations. The two sessions were held at the offices of the Union of
Journalists in Gaza City. The participants included 20 journalists.
• On invitation from the human rights committees at UNRWA schools, the unit
delivered two lectures on the rights of the child: the first was in Khan Yunis on 17
November and the second was in Beit Hanoun on 26 November. The number of
participants was at least 60.
• On invitation from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, the unit head delivered 6
lectures on democracy in the context of a program organized by the society for
university students from 19 to 30 November 2005. These lectures were held
throughout the Gaza Strip. The number of participants was at least 180.
• On invitation from the Central Media Bureau at the Ministry of Interior and
National Security, the unit head delivered a lecture on 27 December 2005 on the
rights and duties of security officers and human rights. The attendees included 20
security officers.
• On 20 January 2004, the unit head delivered a lecture on the Convention on the
Rights of the Child in a training course organized by the Development Training
and Family Rehabilitation Center in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah,
in which 22 women participated.
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