A forum for political dialogue and networking: that is how a new discussion forum for Palestinian women’s organizations is being described.
– Our Palestinian partner organizations have for some time now expressed an interest to learn more from each other, rather than to go to courses or participate in seminars that are led by others, including international donors. Out of this came the idea to organize open forums for discussion, where the agenda is developed by the organizations themselves, says Linda Öhman, the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation’s representative in Jerusalem.

“After 15 years of war we all agreed on one single issue — peace. It got a result. Feel the power in your sisterhood!” The words come from the Liberian peace and women’s activist Lois Brutus, one of the inspirational speakers at the Reaching out to Make a Change conference in Montenegro.
The tourist season in the small seaside resort of Becici in Montenegro has not yet come to life. But it jumped the gun last weekend when 100 women’s rights activists from the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation’s partner organisations in the Balkans arrived at the village to take part in a 3-day long meeting together with women from Iran, Liberia, the Middle East, southern Caucasus and Sweden.