PA daily reports on higher number of femicide cases and necessity of combatting it
“The UN Organization of Women in Palestine has expressed its concern over the femicide that occurred this week, which raised the number of femicide cases in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to 14 since the beginning of this year [2014] – an average of a crime against women every ten days.
In addition, it [the Organization] noted that the Palestinian Government had ‘demonstrated a resolute political will to end violence against women through the adoption of a zero-tolerance policy on violence against women, by realizing the Millennium Development Goals and adopting a national strategy to combat violence against women for the years 2011-2019, and most recently, the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.’ The Organization emphasized that this political will must be translated into urgent concrete action, and called for the urgent implementation of the Serious Case Review mechanism coordinated by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.”
In addition, it [the Organization] noted that the Palestinian Government had ‘demonstrated a resolute political will to end violence against women through the adoption of a zero-tolerance policy on violence against women, by realizing the Millennium Development Goals and adopting a national strategy to combat violence against women for the years 2011-2019, and most recently, the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.’ The Organization emphasized that this political will must be translated into urgent concrete action, and called for the urgent implementation of the Serious Case Review mechanism coordinated by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs.”