General Information
Organisational structure :
WFL is organised as follows: a general assembly consisting of 9 members, the director, the deputy director, the treasurer, the secretary and four other assemblies. WFL employs 9 full-time employees, and 6 part-time employees. WFL’s staff consists of lawyers, social workers, administrators, and 10 volunteers students from the University of Al-Quds Open University.
Partnerships
WFL makes effort to strengthen its relationship with local, regional, and international organizations that are involved in developing human rights and women’s rights. This cooperation is very important in order to facilitate spreading the organization’s vision, mission, and activities.
This also contributes to share the experience through hosting and coordinating activities and support in the marginalized areas such as Salfeet and Qalqilia. WFL always works to consolidate its social, legal, institutional relationships with the local community institutions in Salfeet and Qalqila province such as (municipalities - associations - police – courts – and the people, those considered as the final beneficiaries that receive WFL’s services).
At the governmental level, WFL works with governmental bodies that have great influence in women’s issues. WFL has strong cooperation with the ministry of social affairs and women’s affairs in relation to women’s situation in marginalized areas which suffer from poverty and lack of security, besides women’s cases of personal status issues such as divorce and alimony.
WFL works also with court officials (civil and Sharia’ courts), judges ,lawyers and social workers in relation to legal and social services that are provided to women. We also keeps strong relations with police officers in both Salfit and Qalqilia provinces in order to partner in protecting women victims of violence on sensitive cases.
WFL has cooperative relation with other ministries such as Ministry of Culture and Arts; it offered WFL many projects related to culture for children and women such as “Music School” for teaching children playing on different musical instruments. Furthermore, WFL participates in every gallery or festival run by it, and WFL also run Al-Hayat Festival which was funded by this Ministry.
At the cultural level, WFL keeps in touch and cooperation with the cultural institutions that help in implementing the third WFL’s program “ Roses Against Occupation “ which aims to develop youth and children creativities and improve their skills in various aspects such as media, music, and professional skills. These institutions such as Shams Center, Ata’ Association, Jozoor for Development Community, Folk Art Center, Edward Said Institute.
Regarding cooperation with other NGOs organizations which believe in women’s rights and support human rights, we have some partnerships with Women Actions for a Nonviolent future, Working Women's Society, Bible Society, Palestinian women's movement, Al-Najdah developmental Association, Democracy and Labor Rights Center, and (WCLAC) Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling, which is our financial and administrative supporter providing us with capacity building.
WFL is a member in child’s protection network, members in the Palestinian National committee (consists of many NGOs institutions), members in Coordination Committee to transfer violated women’s cases on the national level. This committee includes the civil and governmental institutions. WFL also Part of the Popular Campaign against the Apartheid Wall, and a member of the psychosocial support group.
Finally, WFL keeps tight relations and partnership with donors. Since 2004 it developed more than 9 relations with different donors showing transparency and accuracy in the work in all projects. WFL has good, sustainable relations with The Global Fund for Women, NGO Development Center, and Palestinian communication foundation, Drossos Foundation, Arab Fund Development for Women, UNIFEM, and the Australian Consulate.
WfL’s key achievements:
1. WFL is the key society work to provide legal and social services to women in general and violated women in particular
2. Restoring two old buildings to use them for the administrative and training activities
3. Building another headquarter in Dear Ballout village.
4. Providing permanent gallery for women’s productions used for marketing
5. Building strong partnerships with the national and international donors
6. Finding the first musical school m which is considered as the first and the only one in the region with cooperation with Edward Saed Institute
7. Participating in the local and national galleries and festivals
Memberships:
1. WFL is a member of psychosocial support group
2. members of the NGO’s National Assembly( many NGOs institutions form an alliance)
3. member of child protection network
4. Member in the popular cambaign for struggling against the wall
5. Member in the transferring proceadures system related to WCLAC and Jozoor organizations
6. Member in the General union for the charitable societies
7. Member in PNGON
8. Member in the cultural and consultant committee in Salfeet governorate
9. Member in Tawasol Project
10. Member in Takamol project for transferring cases of violated women