Partners:

Palestinian Counseling Center/ PCC
The PCC is a community based counseling and consultancy organization that advocates for positive mental health and well being for the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) through provision of quality care and capacity building.

Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling
Established in Jerusalem in 1991, the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling (WCLAC) is a Palestinian women’s organization that aims to address the causes and consequences of gender-based violence within the community as well as the gender-specific effects of the increasing militarization associated with the Israeli occupation.

Sharek Youth Forum
Sharek was originally launched in 1996 as a project implemented by the UNDP-PAPP targeting youth development in the Palestinian Territories. Due to its continuous successful work, Sharek Youth Forumbecame an independent organization in 2003, pursuing the same objectives in a wider framework.

Gaza Community Mental Health Program
The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) is a Palestinian, non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1990 to provide comprehensive community mental health services to the population of the Gaza Strip including therapy, training, and research. It is one of the leading mental health organizations in Palestine.

Ma’an Development Center
MA’AN Center is an independent Palestinian development and training institution established in 1989, registered by law as a non-profit organization.

Al Najda Social Association 
 Al Najda Social Association aims at raising the social and economical level for woman in Palestinian Authority Territories.


Other Links:

United Nations Development Fund for Women Headquarters (UNIFEM) 
UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality.


United Nations Development Fund for Women/ Arab States Regional Office (UNIFEM/ASRO)
 UNIFEM Arab States Regional Office was established in Amman in 1994, as one of 15 regional offices of UNIFEM worldwide. Today UNIFEM Arab States Regional Office‘s mandate encompasses 17 Arab countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Algeria.

United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People 
 In December 1978, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 33/147, which called on UNDP to provide assistance to the Palestinian people. In response to the UN resolution in support of the economic and social development of the Palestinian people, UNDP launched the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP)

The NGO Development Center:
The NGO Development Center (NDC) is a Palestinian non-governmental organization that works for strengthening Palestinian NGOs in order to improve the provision of essential services to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, particularly the poor and marginalized groups.