Gender equality and women’s empowerment are integral to reconciliation. At Musalaha, we challenge cultural norms that limit women’s participation in political and socio-economic life.
By elevating women to leadership and including them in key decision-making, we help cultivate a more inclusive, representative, and equitable society. When women lead in peacebuilding, communities are far more likely to experience meaningful and lasting transformation.
Musalaha offers two dedicated reconciliation programs for women:
• A cross-border Palestinian–Israeli program
• A Palestinian Muslim–Christian–Druze interfaith program
Spanning 9 to 12 months, each program follows Musalaha’s Reconciliation Curriculum. The journey begins with a four-day desert encounter that introduces participants to one another—often for the first time—and lays the foundation for trust, openness, and vulnerability.
Participants then engage in a series of workshops that build further understanding, strengthen relationships, and honest diagnosis of the obstacles to reconciliation.
The program concludes with two action-based initiatives that bring the principles of reconciliation into the public sphere, benefiting both their indigenous communities and the broader society.
