Israel-Palestine

NGO Contacts

Acre Women's Association - Pedagogical Center
The Acre Women's Association, founded in 1977, aims to help Palestinian women in Israel develop their own perspectives on life and on themselves, so that they may become emotionally and psychologically confident, socially involved and economically independent to enter the field of work and education.
Ben Ami St. 4
P/o.Box 2318
Acre 24312
Tel: 049912436
Fax: 049811201
Email: acrewom@netvision.net.il
Website: http://www.ittijah.org/member/acrearab.html

Amnesty International - Israel Section
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.
P.O. Box 14179, Tel Aviv 61141
Ph#: 03-5603357
Fax#: 03-5603391
Email: admin-il@amnesty.org

c/o Middle East Development Team
IS Amnesty International
1 Easton Street
London
WC1 0DW
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

Arab Women's Forum (AISHA)
AISHA is a network of democratic Arab women organizations established in December 1992. It is bound by these mutual objectives: Promoting the legal rights of Arab women; Advancing the principles of gender equality at all levels; Encouraging the increased participation of women in social and economic decision making; Promoting the principles of democracy and confronting all forms of discrimination and abuse against Arab women; The members of the forum include organizations from Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunis, Morocco, Sudan and Algeria.
PO Box 54071, East Jerusalem
Ph/Fax#: 972-2-2348848 or 972-2-574-8848
Email: wscad@netvision.net.il

Arab Women’s Union, Bethlehem
The Arab Women's Union, Bethlehem, runs two projects for creating jobs: an embroidery center and food production, as well as a museum of traditional and popular art, and a gift shop where products made in their job-creation programs are sold. They are also involved in helping the needy, and specifically offering presents, like clothes, toys,and sweets, to two hundred children in a yearly party in the center on Christmas and Ramadan.
Ph#: Office: 2742453, Museum: 2742589
Fax#: 2766035

Association of Conscientious Objectors
Pacifist Organisation
P.O. Box 4090, Haifa 31040
Ph#: 04 8641368
Email: gdavydov@study.haifa.ac.il

Association of Women’s Committees for Social Work (AWCSW)
Ph #: +972-2-2951644
Fax#: +972-2-2951644

Association Najdeh
Runs projects in six major areas: Vocational training and education, Preschool education, Social Affairs, Income Generating, Embroidery, Awareness-raising activities.
Issues: Empowering Refugee Women
Ph#: 961 1 302079 or 961 1 703357
Fax#: 961 1 703358
Email: association@najdeh.org.lb

Bat Shalom of The Jerusalem Link
A feminist peace organization of Israeli women. We work toward a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors that includes recognition of a Palestinian state side-by-side with Israel and Jerusalem as the capital of both. Within Israel, Bat Shalom works toward a more just and democratic society shaped equally by men and women. A center for peace and social justice; forms The Jerusalem Link with The Jerusalem Center for Women.
PO Box 8083, 43 Emek Refain St., Jerusalem 91080
Ph#: 972-2-5631477
Email: batshalom@netvision.net.il
Website: www.nif.org or www.batshalom.org
Jerusalem Link: http://www.batshalom.org/english/jlink/

Building Bridges for Peace
P.O. Box 101958, Denver, CO 80250, USA
Ph #: 303-698-9368
Fax #: 303-698-9764
Email: bbfpeace@aol.com
Website: http://buildingpeace.com/scgpages/bbprogdescr.cfm

Circlework
Circlework™ is a profoundly healing and transformative practice that uses the power of circle gatherings to heal individuals and communities, awaken people to their oneness, and contribute to the creation of a peaceful global community. Circlework was developed by Jalaja Bonheim, Ph.D., who currently trains circle leaders in the USA and Canada, and works with Jewish and Palestinian women in Israel.
P.O.Box 847 Ithaca, NY 14851
email: info@instituteforcirclework.org
Web: http://www.instituteforcirclework.org/
phone: 607.351.7643

Coalition of Women for Just Peace
Jewish and Palestinian women (all citizens of Israel) who call upon Israel to end the occupation and negotiate a just solution. Members include: Women and Mothers for Peace, Women Engendering Peace, Movement for the Civil-ization of Israeli Society , WILPF - Israeli chapter , TANDI :Movement of Democratic Women for Israel , Noga Feminist Magazine , NELED: Women for Coexistence , Machsom-Watch
PO Box 8083, Jerusalem 91080, Israel
Ph#: (+972-2) 672-5293
Fax#: (+972-2) 672-5293
Email: gsvirsky@netvision.net.il
Website: http://www.coalitionofwomen4peace.org

Committee to Defend Women's Rights in the Middle East
CDWRME struggles for women's human rights, individual freedom and civil rights. CDWRME believes that secularism and the separation of religion from the state are the basic pre-conditions for women’s liberation in the Middle East and also believes in the universality of women’s rights and consider cultural relativism as a cover to create a comprehensive social, legal, intellectual, emotional, geographical and civil apartheid based on distinctions of race, ethnicity, religion and gender.
Based in the United Kingdom
Ph#: 0044 788 404 0835
Fax#: 0044 870 831 0204
Email: azam_kamguian@yahoo.com
Website: www.geocities.com/middleeastwomen/html/contact.htm

Defence for Children International / Palestine Section (DCI/PS)
DCI/PS is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza - as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as in other international human rights instruments - and to facilitating the creation of an environment which is aware of and respects children's rights. DCI/PS develops programs and acts according to Palestinian children’s needs and Palestinian priorities
Mailing Address: DCI/PS, PO Box 55201, Jerusalem
Al-Bireh/Ramallah Office: Al-Khoulafa'Street, Al-Sartawi Building, Second Floor
Ph#: +972 2 240 7530
Fax#: +972 2240 7018
Hebron Office:Near Alia Hospital
Ph# / Fax#: +972 2 222 0106
Email: dcipal@palnet.com
Website: www.dci-pal.org

General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW)
GUPW was established as a body within the Palestinian Liberation Organization and according is considered to be the official representative body for Palestinian women around the world. The main goal of GUPW has been to mobilize women within Palestinian communities to participate in various social, economic and political processes, which contribute to their development. GUPW has also taken on a welfare-related role in support of Palestinian individuals and families, which have suffered losses in the struggle for national liberation and independence.
Al Rimal - Al Shohada Street, Gaza
Ph#/Fax# : 00972-7-2825595 or 00970-7-2825595
or
Al Bireh - Al Sharafa - by Al Razi Optical Hospital, Ramallah
Ph#/Fax# : 00972-2-2401093 or 00970-2-2401093
Email: gupw@palnet.com
Website: http://www.gupw.net/

Gush Shalom/ Peace Bloc
The primary aim of Gush Shalom is to influence Israeli public opinion and lead it towards peace and conciliation with the Palestinian people.
P.O. Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033
Ph#: +972-3-522-1732
Fax#: +972-3-527-1108
E-mail: info@gush-shalom.org
Website: http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html

Human Rights and Status of Women (HR/SW)
Soroptimist International - Federation Europe
31 Gdaliahu St., Apt 9, Haifa 32587 Israel
Ph #: 972-4-8222365
Fax #: 972-4-8375913
Email: fannette@netvision.net.il

Isha L'Isha (Woman to Woman) Feminist Center
Issues: Isha L'Isha is a joint Israeli/Palestinian women's center. The center houses an extensive library and resource room; hosts numerous meetings, conferences, dialogue groups and lectures on topics such as: the role of women in the peace movement, domestic violence in Israeli/Palestinian societies, and women's changing roles in politics and the workforce.
118 Arlozorov St.
Haifa 33277
Tel: 972-4-8650977, 972-4-8660951
Fax: 972-4-8641072
Email: ishahfc@netvision.net.il

Israel-Palestine Centre for Research and Information, Peace Education Project – IPCRI
IPCRI is the only joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think-tank in the world. It is devoted to developing practical solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. IPCRI deals with the cardinal issues in the Israeli-Arab conflict - issues where the two sides find themselves at loggerheads, and where cooperation is necessary.
P.O. Box 9321, Jerusalem, 91092
Ph#: 972-2-676-9460
Fax#:972-2-676-8011
Website: www.ipcri.org

Israel Women's Network
Issues: women's representation in government and in all decision-making bodies; women's civic, economic and professional empowerment; leadership training; law and public policy; marriage and divorce;
violence; education and health.
PO Box 53186, Jerusalem, 91531, Israel
Ph# 02 6718885
Fax# 02 6718887
E-mail: iwn@netvision.net.il

Itach-Maaki - Women Lawyers for Social Justice
Itach-Maaki (meaning 'with you' in Hebrew and Arabic) is a non-profit organization which provides legal aid and advocacy to disenfranchised women. It aims to answer the immediate needs of individual women; to empower them to create change in their lives and communities; to learn from them about common problems and to use legal tools and advocacy to bring about the revision of policies that harm marginalized women. Itach-Maaki advocates for the inclusion of diverse women in all levels of decision-making and the implementation of 1325 in Israel, through efforts to enforce a law passed by the Israeli parliament which states that government committees must give appropriate expression to women from diverse populations.
Ahuzat Bayit 3
Beit Yahalom
Tel Aviv 64143
Tel: 03-5160103
Email: mail@itach.org.il
Website: www.itach.org.il

Jerusalem Center for Women
The central goal of JCW is to advance Palestinian women’s rights – and the status and involvement of women within Palestinian society. JCW is also committed to the protection of human rights, and the realization of a Middle East peace based on justice. JCW has established a coordination network of Palestinian and Israeli organizations – as well as Arab and international women’s organizations – that cooperate together on the basis of parity, reciprocity and mutual respect. The JCW runs three campaigns: a peace building program, a program in human rights, democracy, and advocacy training, and a female youth empowerment program.
PO Box 51630, East Jerusalem, Israel
Ph#: 972-2-234-7068, 02 244 7653
Fax#: 972-2-234-7069
E-mail: jcw@palnet.com
Website: www.j-c-w.org

Jews Against the Occupation (JATO)
Jews Against the Occupation is an organization of progressive, secular and religious Jews of all ages throughout the New York City area advocating peace through justice for Palestine and Israel. Main points of unity are no occupation, restoring human &civil rights, ending US aid to israel, stopping economc attacks on Palestine, and letting Palestinians return home.
Prince Street Station
PO Box 494, New York, NY 10012
Ph#: (212) 539-6683
E-mail: jatonyc@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.jatonyc.org/

Kol HaIsha - Women's Center
The primary goals of Kol HaIsha are: to provide a space for the celebration of women's cultures and values; to reach out to women of Jerusalem, particularly those who are not otherwise exposed to feminist perspectives and create programs that empower them and support them; to bring about social change in local Jerusalem settings in keeping with the feminist vision; to promote a vision and a model of true peace and tolerance.
Issues: Provides Jerusalem women with information, referrals and evaluation of the social and legal services available to them.
38 Ben Yehuda Street, P.O.B. 37157, Jerusalem
Ph #: 02-6222591, 6222455
Fax #: 02-6256187

MADRE
Based in the Unted States of America, MADRE works with Ibdaa, a community center established by residents of the Dheisheh refugee camp in Palestine. Through Ibdaa, MADRE supports a trauma counseling program to help children and families; a mobile health workers team that provides at-home medical treatment; violence prevention project; leadership development for girls; women’s projects; and Peace for Palestine media campaign.
121 West 27th Street, Room 301, New York, NY 10001, USA
Ph#: (212) 627-0444
Fax#: (212) 675-3704
Email: madre@igc.org
Website: www.madre.org/country_pale.html

Middle East Centre for Women’s Studies (MECWS)
The center’s aims are to undertake and sponsor research studies into history, social, cultural and economic life of women in the Middle East; to collate and compile information materials in various forms and formats for the benefit of scholars and researchers; to raise Middle Eastern women’s awareness, who are living in Diaspora, on issues and topics relating to their history, social and cultural life. Based in the United Kingdom
55 Nigel Road, Peckham, London SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Email: mecws@ukonline.co.uk
Website: http://www.mecws.cjb.net/

Mothers and Women for Peace
14 Rupin St, Tel Aviv 63576
Ph #: 972 3 527-1542
Fax #: 972 3 527-6840
Email: otherisr@actcom.co.il
Website: http://otherisrael.home.igc.org

NAAMAT ISRAEL
Issues: Human Rights/ Political Status of Women, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Support groups, Interfaith Dialogue.
NA'AMAT 93 Arlozorov Street 62098
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ph#: 011 972 3 692 1980 or 692 1982
Fax#: 011 972 3 691 2979
Website: www.naamat.org.il

National Council of Jewish Women
NCJW is a volunteer organization, inspired by Jewish values, that works through a program of research, education, advocacy and community service to improve the quality of life for women, children and families and strives to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all. For more information on programs, projects or services, call the toll free Action Line at 1-800-829-6259.
School of Education, Room 267
Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus
Jerusalem, Israel 91905
Ph#: 972-2-5882-208
Fax#: 972-2-5813-264
E-mail: msncjwi@mscc.huji.ac.il
Website: www.ncjw.org

New Israel Fund (NIF)
The New Israel Fund (NIF) works to strengthen Israel's democracy and to promote freedom, justice and equality for all Israel's citizens. For nearly twenty-five years, NIF has been a leader in building a just and strong Israel, believing that Israel's strength depends as much on its commitment to democratic principles as on its ability to defend itself against physical and military threats. Not only are these principles guaranteed in Israel's Declaration of Independence, they are central elements of the Jewish tradition.
Executive Director: Eliezer Ya’ari
P.O. Box 53410 , Jerusalem 91534
Ph#: 972.3.739.6365
E-mail: info@nif.org.il
Website: www.nif.org

National Headquarters
President: Peter Edelman
1101 14th Street NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20005-5639
Ph#: 202-842-0900
Fax#: 202-842-0991 fax
E-mail: info@nif.org

Nisan Young Women Leaders
Nisan Young Women Leaders is an organization dedicated to the advancement of young women in Israel. Nisan's innovative programs develop the leadership potential of Jewish and Arab Israeli young women, support their initiatives, and foster communication and cooperative partnerships among them. Connections initiated during the organization's "Leadership Development Programs" for high-schoolers are cultivated on a long-term basis through participation in alumnae activities and utilization of the Young Women's Resource Center.
P.O Box 3185, Nazareth 16130
Ph#: 972-4-6561604
Fax#: 972-4-6081131
E-mail: nisan@netvision.net.il
Web: http://www.nisan.org

Peace Now
The first and primary goal of Peace Now has been to press the Israeli government to seek peace - through negotiations and mutual compromise - with Arab neighbors and the Palestinian people. Only peace will bring security to Israel and ensure the future of the people.
P.O. Box 29828, Tel-Aviv 61297
Ph#: +972-3-566-3291
Fax#: +972- 3-566-3286
E-mail: peacenow@actcom.co.il
Website: http://www.peacenow.org.il

The Palestinian Women's Research & Documentation Center - UNESCO (PWRDC-UNESCO)
In January 2006 UNESCO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women's Affairs, established the Palestinian Women’s Research & Documentation Center. The Center is the first of its kind in an Arab country outside of North Africa. In addition to providing documentation and library facilities, the Center is an observatory and clearinghouse on the status and condition of Palestinian women. Thus, the Center commissions, collects, analyzes and disseminates research on Palestinian women, including fact sheets and policy briefs. Furthermore, the Center maintains online databases, organizes training courses and provides vital information to decision-makers, local and international NGOs, media outlets, researchers, and students.
Mecca Building, 2nd Floor (next to PCBS)
Al Balou'
Al-Bireh, Palestinian Authority
Phone: +970-2-240-6468
Fax: +970-2-240-6469
Email: info@pwrdc.ps
Website: www.pwrdc.ps

Palestinian Women's Union
31 Ath-Thawrah St, Ar-Rimal, Gaza
(Branch in Khan Younis, Rafah Camp, Beit Hanoun)
Tel.: 07-2862586
Fax: 07-2866331

Palestinian Working Women Society (PWWS)
To encourage Palestinian women to participate in democratization and equality of rights, participate in the decision-making process and integrate women in the developmental process. Includes counselor and leadership training.
P.O. Box 25113, Jerusalem, Israel
Ph#: 972 2 2986761
Fax#: 972 2 2986761
E-mail: pwws@planet.edu

Seeking Common Ground
Seeking Common Ground offers individuals the opportunity to come together, learn communication skills, and create those foundational relationships. Participants acquire the skills to assume ongoing leadership roles in their own homes and communities. In the SCG, There are two projects: Building Bridges for Peace(only for female), Face to Face/Faith to Faith(open for both gender)

Building Bridges for Peace brings young women from Denver, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza together to participate in a 21-day intensive communication workshop at a retreat center in the mountains of Colorado. During those 21 days, the participants learn new communication techniques, develop leadership skills, and work to build peaceful communities. These experiences begin to break down walls that lead to hate, racism, and often to violence. While learning skills to talk about conflict, the young women also build self-esteem, and together they begin to create a vision for a peaceful future.
P.O. Box 101958, Denver, CO 80250, USA
Ph #: 303-698-9368
Fax #: 303-698-9764
Email: bbfpeace@aol.com
Website: http://buildingpeace.com/scgpages/bbprogdescr.cfm

The Bridge: Jewish and Arab Women for Peace in the Middle East: Israeli Peace Movement
The Bridge works together for the promotion of the status of women, and the attainment of peace in the Middle East. The organization’s aim is to awaken the consciousness of every woman as to her power in promoting women's rights, and in taking an active part in the peace process.
P.O. Box 9934, 57 Horev Street, Haifa, Israel 34343
Ph#: 972 4 8243230
Fax#: 972 4 8261288
E-mail: adah@matav.net.il
Website: www.techunix.technion.ac.il/~ada/the-bridge.html

Tulkarem Women’s Committee Against the Wall 
Hanan: +972-(0)59-207-036 (Arabic)
IWPS, Office: +972-(0)9-2516-644
Kate: +972-(0)67-387-806 (English)
Code Pink: +1 (415) 255-7296

Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
Coalition of several Women's Committees and organizations advocating for equal rights of women in Palestine
PO Box 2197, Ramallah, Israel
Ph#: 972-2-9987783/4
Fax#: 972-2-9987783
Email: watc.org@palnet.com
Website: www.pal-watc.org

Women Against Violence
Works to establish support systems and programs for victims of all forms of violence and to eliminate violence against women.
PO Box 313, Nazareth 16000
Ph#: 972-6-6462138
Fax#: 972-6-6462138
Email: wav_org@netvision.net.il

Women in Black
WIB is the member org of Coalition of Women for Peace holding weekly vigils throughout Israel.
PO Box 6360, West Jerusalem 91062
Ph #: 972 2 642-6862
Fax #: 972 2 643-3739
Website: http://www.womeninblack.net/

"Women, Children and Peace "
Electronic Magazine
Number 4, March 1999
IPRA Peace Through Culture and Communications Commission
57 Horev Street, Haifa, Israel 34343
Ph#: 972-4-8243230
Fax#: 972-4-8261288
Email: adah@matav.net.il

Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling
The WCLAC aims to contribute to the establishment of a democratic Palestinian society, based on social justice and equality between women and men. To achieve this aim, the Centre has developed and is further developing, through its activities, a new Palestinian feminist discourse. The WCLAC is a resource Centre for women and a leader of collective action on the governmental and non-governmental level, locally, regionally and internationally.
Campaigns: social work, legal aid, health, advocacy and networking, legal literacy and training
Al Dahya Intersection, Al Hirbawi Building, Third Floor
P.O. Box 54262, Jerusalem 91516, via Israel
Ph#: 972 2 2347438
Fax#: 972 2 2342172
E-mail: wclac@netvision.net.il or wclac@palnet.com
Website: www.wclac.org

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - Israel Chapter
The organization aims to bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies who are united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and the legitimization of war; to work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and its replacement in every case by negotiation and conciliation
PO Box 3069, Bat Yam, Israel, 59130
Ph#: +972-3-658-99 83
Fax#: +972-3-508-28 48
Email: mstrauss@zahav.net.il
Website: www.wilpf.int.ch

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom- Palestine Section
4, Al Khaldi Street, Wadi Joz,
Jerusalem, Palestine.
Ph#: 972-2-628-8079: Mobile 050-283-972
Email: ChristineLane2002@yahoo.com

Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC)
WCLAC aims to contribute to the rectification of the long-standing neglect of women's human rights in Palestinian society. WCLAC defends women's rights and seeks to promote the development of a social, political and legal order in which human rights are well respected and women's rights are well protected. Local, regional and international reference centre in the defence of the social and legal rights of Palestinian women.
AL Dahya Intersection, Al Hirbawi Blg. 3rd Floor
PO Box: 54262, Jerusalem 91516
Ph#: 970 2 2347438
Fax#: 970 2 2342172
E-mail: wclac@netvision.net.il
Website: www.wclac.org

Women's Organization for Political Prisoners (WOFPP)
Issues: The Women's Organization for Political Prisoners aims to support and provide economic and/or legal aid to female political prisoners who struggle against the occupation.
P.O.B. 31811 Tel Aviv
Ph#/ Fax#: 03-5286050
Website: http://www.ariga.com/humanrights/wopp.shtml

Yesh Gvul
Yesh Gvul ("There is a limit !") is an Israeli peace group that has shouldered the task of supporting soldiers who refuse assignments of a repressive or aggressive nature.
Yesh Gvul,PO Box 6953, Jerusalem 91068, Israel
Ph#: + 972 2 6250271
Fax #: + 972 2 6434171
E-mail: peretz@yesh-gvul.org
Website: http://www.yesh-gvul.org/english/

United Nations Contacts

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
The Committee promotes intensified international support and assistance to the Palestinian people. It stresses the need for and urgency of the provision of broad assistance to the Palestinian people. In addition to its programme of international meetings, each year the Committee holds a special meeting in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November).
Website: www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpalnew/committee.htm

Department of Peacekeeping - Middle East
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization UNTSO
Website: www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/untso/body_untso.htm

Department of Public Information
Palestine, Decolonization and Human Rights Section
United Nations
Room S-994 A
New York, New York 10017 USA
Tel. # +1 212 963 4353
Fax # +1 212 963 2218

Division for Palestinian Rights
The Division for Palestinian Rights works to heighten international awareness of the question of Palestine and gains wider recognition of and support for the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.
Email: unispal@un.org
Website: www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpalnew/dpr.htm

Israel Committee for UNICEF
Mail Address: P.O. Box 8009, 93105 Jerusalem Isreal
Visitors’ Address: c/o International Cultural Centre for Youth, 12 Emek Rephaim Road
93105 Jerusalem, Isreal
Ph#: (972.2) 566.2619
Fax#: (972.2) 566.6620
Email : unicefil@zahav.net.il

Office of the Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories (UNSCO)
The mandate of the Special Coordinator is: to provide guidance and facilitate coordination among UN programmes; represent the United Nations at donor coordination meetings, and assist the Palestinian Authority and donors in coordinating international assistance; maintain contact with non-governmental organizations operating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; and support the implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles.
P.O. Box 490, Government House, Jerusalem 91004 , Israel
Ph #: *972-7-282 2746/ 286 0074
Fax #: *972-7-282 0966
Email: unsco@palnet.com
Website: http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/mepp/unsco/unfront.html

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Arab States Regional Office Director
P.O.Box 830896
Amman, Jordan 11183
Ph#: 009626 – 5678 586/7
Fax: 009626- 5678-594
Email: amman@unifem.org.jo

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
UNRWA is the main provider of basic services - education, health, relief and social services to Palestine refugees in the Middle East.
Gamal Abdul Nasser Street, Gaza City
Postal address: Vienna International Centre
PO Box 700, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
or
HQ Gaza, PO Box 140157, Amman 11814, Jordan
Ph #:00 972 8 - 677 7333/ - 282 4508
(00 1 212) 963 9571-3 (via UN satellite network)
Fax #: (00 972 8) 677 7555
Website: www.un.org/unrwa/about/index.html

Government Contacts


Authority for the Advancement of Women
Neomi Leeran (Ms.)
Prime Minister's Office Head of National Machinery
3 Kaplan Street, Jerusalem, 91950
Ph #: (972-2) 670-7132
Fax #: ((972-2) 670-7123

Coordinator for Human Rights and Status of Women (HR/SW); Soroptimist International - Federation of Europe
31 Gdaliahu St. Apt. 9 Haifa 32587 Israel
Ph#: 972 - 4 - 8222365
Fax #: 972-4-8375913
Email: fannette@netvision.net.il

New York Permanent Mission

Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
115 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Ph #: (212) 288-8500
Ph # / Fax #: (212) 517-2377
Email: mission@palestine-un.org

Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
800 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, USA
Ph#: (212) 499-5510
Fax#: (212) 499-5515

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