On Tuesday,10th. Dec.2019, the Press House - Palestine, in partnership with REFORM Foundation, carried out a training day, entitled “Community Transformation”, as part of the closing activities of the project “Fostering Social Inclusion and Gender Equality within Palestinian Society tackling gender stereotypes”.
The aim of this training, presented by the Trainer, Mohammed Al-Natour, is to consolidate the concepts of societal transformation, and emphasize the importance of increasing social cohesion between the various Palestinian societal components, bridging the gaps between them, and opposing polarization on the basis of the political, geographical, and gender affiliation.
Al-Natour also highlighted the mechanisms of tackling gender stereotypes towards through the experiences and stories of the participants who lived through the project period that lasted for 6 months during this year, as there were numerous contemporary societal issues, ideas and issues that were discussed with a different group of trainers And decision makers.
Emphasis was also placed on enriching the knowledge background of the trainees with the most important legal terms relevant to gender that must be included in the media discourse and social content circulating through official and unofficial media platforms, in particular social networking sites which are the first and main platform for young people from both gender at the present time, for the formulation of a well-informed media discourse that presents the issues that women face in the Palestinian society in a transparent and professional manner.
It’s worth noting that this project aims at challenging discriminatory and exclusionary practices and behaviors that contribute to promoting gender inequality by providing safe spaces for marginalized groups, especially youth and women, to discuss gender-based societal issues, and to improve the exchange of experience among the various components of Palestinian society to promote the social inclusion.
