The simple truth is that not enough women are involved in decision-making concerning any peace settlement
- Ornit Shani
Two members of a mass movement that has united thousands of Jewish- and Palestinian-Israeli women in opposition to the recurring conflict in Gaza are to give a one-off talk in Cambridge next week, revealing how recent warfare in the region has united women from both sides of the divide in a series of ground-breaking joint initiatives.
The discussion, which is free and open to all, will involve Michal Barak, a social entrepreneur and political activist, and Samah Salaime Egbariya, a researcher and activist on gender issues, director of Na’am Arab Women in the Center.
The event, Active Women in the Shadow of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Reflections from the Summer of 2014, will be held in the Main Lecture of the Divinity School, St John’s College, Cambridge, at 5pm today (Tuesday, 20 January). All are welcome to attend.
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Image: Members of the Women Wage Peace movement arriving at the Sderot Conference for Society in the Israeli town of Sderot, November 2014.
Credit: Women Wage Peace
Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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