Gaza- In one of eight radio sessions will be broadcasted in the coming four months addressing women’s access to justice, HADAF Center for Human Rights implemented the first radio session entitled “woman’s right in divorce”. The session was broadcasted through Alwan Radio Station in the Gaza city and is part of “Woman’s Rights” program which is implemented by HADAF as part of the activities of the project “Empower Vulnerable Women to Promote their Right to Access to Justice” supported by UNDP/PAPP.
The first radio session was facilitated by the journalist, Suad Skaik, the member of the Journalists for Access to Justice Team in the project. The session hosted Mr. Samir Hassaniya, the lawyer in the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights who highlighted woman’s right to divorce and the cases where woman has the right to ask for divorce. Hassaniya also explained the rights consequent from divorce such as alimony and the delayed dowry paid for the bride or her family due to divorce.
The session also included a recorded message for a divorced woman who suffers from not settling her rights that resulted from divorce. The woman spoke on her sufferings in the courts since years. The session also included recorded report with interviews that reflect the opinions of the public and its perception of divorce.
The session also received a phone call from the Islamic preacher, Dr. Hazim Alsarraj who spoke on the Islamic mechanism of guaranteeing women’s rights after divorce. Alsarraj warned from leaving women’s cases unsettled and preventing her from their rights to divorce and the rights consequent on divorce.
In another phone call, the social specialist from Al-Wedad Association for Social Rehabilitation, Mr. Ihab Alajrami, highlighted the psychological and social consequences resulting from divorce and from leaving women’s cases unsettled, and emphasizing the necessity to raise the awareness of the society on the rights of women and their duties.
In this context, the session provided many recommendations such as the necessity of the reconsideration of the Palestinian legal status law to make it more able to protect the rights of women, and improve the way women are treated in courts and in police centers when they take legal action.