A first for Bedouin Women

Negev Bedouin women inspired and helped by SHATIL, AJEEC and other organizations, organized and participated in a march and demonstration against the recommendations of the government’s Prawer Committee. They claim the committee did not take into account Bedouin needs and wishes and that the Bedouin community does not agree with its conclusions.

Israel’s main TV channel One, featured Rina Okby, SHATIL’s Bedouin women’s project coordinator, and Amal El Sana of AJEEC, who led SHATIL’s last Bedouin Women’s Rights Course in its coverage of the march: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygrnYzAbM28. Says Amal in the broadcast: “I believe that in the near future, Bedouin women will reach the Knesset and will be able to influence policy.”