Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Women’s Congress; Arab Women’s Executive. Action: Women convened in Jerusalem, submitted resolutions to the High Commissioner and carried their demands to foreign consulates in a motor procession. Result: An executive committee emerged to maintain political coordination beyond the congress. Impact / interpretation: Women organized a national political intervention, rather than acting solely in charitable support roles. The event widened public participation while retaining the social and leadership inequalities of its time.
People in this event
In the news now
Living Hands: Heritage and Design in Dialogue
Be Our Voices: Exhibition in Support of the Palestinian People
Wadeei Khaled: Nearness
we walk in our sleep المُتَجاوِزُون (Noor Abed film installation)
Hamas condemns settler assault on olive harvest volunteers near Qusra
No images or videos for this event yet.
Related Events
What followed the 1929 women’s congress?
The congress combined organization with public and diplomatic action; sovereignty was not obtained.
Palestinian women’s political activity in 1929 was confined to charitable work.
Women convened a congress, made political demands and organized public representations.