A Guide to Protection and Promotion of Women’s HLP Rights in the Gaza Strip
Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council
Author(s): Elisa Scalise and Amanda Richardson
Date: 2016
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Gender, Land, Protection and Access to Justice
Countries: Palestine
To improve the development of best practices for strengthening community-based approaches, Norwegian Refugee Council’s Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) program in Gaza commissioned production of a Policy and Procedures Guide. The Guide will assess best practices for assisting women in Gaza to exercise, understand and claim their housing, land, and property (HLP) rights, with a particular focus on the involvement of local communities. The Guide aims to systematize programmatic interventions on women’s HLP rights by local and international organizations through the integration of community-based approaches that are supportive of stronger HLP rights for women. It will cover the protection of women’s HLP rights and suggested practices in providing women with an avenue to achieve their HLP rights while also attaining broader community acceptance and support.
The Guide also includes specific sections on organizational best practices in dealing with genderbased violence (GBV) issues arising for women who face HLP challenges, highlighting programmatic linkages and opportunities between GBV and women’s HLP.