UN reinforces mission in Palestine focused on human rights

United Nations, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) has strengthened its work in Palestine with several human rights initiatives, including training legal personnel.

January 19, 2023
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According to a dispatch from the organization, a joint begining by UN Women, the United Nations Development Program, and the United Nations Children’s Fund enabled access to a form of legal aid to 600,000 Palestinians in 2022.

The Swasthya Project, equity in Arabic, provided training to 500 Palestinian judicial personnel on transparency, integrity, and accountability.

Another program promotes legal aid in the Middle East by engaging 15 newly graduated lawyers from Gaza, of which,ten are women.

Through support centers in Ramallah, Hebron, and Nablus, the Palestine mission also provides services to women who survived violence

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