Women's Rights Fund Partners in Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

All Women's Rights Fund partners in Occupied Palestinian Territory have been severely impacted by the ongoing violence and lack of supplies.

Our partners plan to support affected families with food, clothing, hygiene kits, cash, counselling and more.

Oxfam condemns all attacks, violence and targeting of Palestinian and Israeli civilians. You can find out more about Oxfam's response on the Gaza appeal page.

Aid and Hope (Facebook) was founded in Gaza in 2009. They support women with cancer through psychosocial support, access to treatment, income generation projects and skills training.

Aid and Hope have established the first factory in Gaza for breast prostheses. They currently support 1,700 breast cancer patients and their families in the Gaza strip.

Al Ataa was founded in 2000 in the north of Gaza. The organisation works to protect and empower women, people with disabilities, youth and children. Al Ataa’s programmes include skills training, women leadership, access to justice and children’s education. With the onset of war, they are also supporting internally displaced people providing psychological first aid and in-kind support. Al Ataa have 29 staff members.

Al Atta on Facebook.

Bisan Benevolent Association works with women and young people providing legal, psychological and recreational support to survivors of gender-based violence.

Bisan is run by 9 volunteers and reaches approximately 1,500 community members per year.

Bisan Benevolent Association on Facebook.

Sunflower Association was established in 2010 to protect people and the environment. They run programmes for women and young people on environmental protection, social development and job creation. They also specialise in cloth production through their recycling centre. Sunflower Association reach approximately 3000 people per year.

The Rural Women Association was founded in 2015 to support Bedouin communities in Hebron. The association runs various projects including farming, job creation for women, literacy, childcare and health and wellbeing. They have two part-time staff members and 30 volunteers and support approximately 2500 people each year.

The Rural Women Association on Facebook.

Wefaq Society for Women and Child Care was founded in 2010.

The organisation works on strengthening the resilience of women survivors of violence. They do this by raising awareness of women's rights, providing women with legal support and representation, counselling as well as community mediation services to solve family problems (such as supporting divorced women's access to their children). Wefaq have 25 employees (5 core staff and 20 project-based staff) and support approximately 600 people per year.

The Women Programmes Centre was established in 1952 by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). They support women with vocational training, access to health for them and their children and psychological support. With the current war on Gaza, the organisation is also providing emergency aid (food, water and essential items) to populations sheltering in tents and schools. The number of staff fluctuates based on the availability of funding and projects. Usually, the Centre employs 10 core staff members and approximately 30 project-based staff. The centre supports 80,000 people per year via their various interventions.

AISHA works to protect and empower women and child survivors of violence with psycho-social, legal and economic support in the most marginalised communities in Gaza.

The organisation received a one-off grant from the WRF to provide emergency cash support to 50 vulnerable women during the escalation of violence in 2021.

Family Defense Society - FDS was established in 1994. The organisation runs one of the three women’s shelters in the West Bank. They were a member of the Women's Rights Fund from 2020-2024.

FDS provides women with skills, training and financial aid so they can support themselves once they leave.

They work in communities with local leaders, men, boys, women, and girls to raise awareness of gender-based violence and combat patriarchal social norms that contribute to it.

FDS supports approximately 1,430 people each year.

Family Defense Society on Facebook.