Palestinian Working Woman's Society for Development

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	PWWSD
Governorate:	Tulkarem (Branch Office)	Establishment Year:	1981
Address:	Tulkarem / Al Mostashfa (Hospital) street-Taj Center-4th floor	Telephone:	09-2681210
Website:	www.pwwsd.org	Fax:	09-2682844
E-mail:	pwwsd_org@yahoo.com
Person in Charge Name: Ma'ali Wael Taher Abu Moussa Position: Director Telephone: 09-2681210 Mobile: 0599674467/0597933504 E-mail: pwwsd_org@yahoo.com
Staff:	Psychologist (1)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development is Palestinian national grassroots women organization that aims for gender equality and the eradication all forms of discrimination against women through strengthening, empowering and mobilizing women’s participation in the development processes, the promotion of women civic and human rights and by improving women’s and girls mental health and psychological well- being.

Goals:

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development goal is to contribute towards building a democratic Palestinian society based on gender equality, social justice, and the respect for human rights.

Target Groups

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Children

Youth

Women

Families

Activities / Interventions

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Information dissemination to the community at large
	Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
	Messages on positive coping
Facilitation of conditions for community local
	Support for emergency relief that is initiated by the community
Strengthening of community and family support
	Strengthening of parenting/family supports
Psychosocial support in education
	Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
	Psychological first aid (PFA)
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy

Time of implementation:	Morning
Place of implementation:	Center	Home	School	Community
Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:	City	Village	Camp
Cost of the services provided:	Free

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Grief
Disorders of psychological development
	Specific developmental of speech & language
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
	Emotional disorders (separation anxiety)
	Behavioral & emotional disorders
Behavioral syndrome associated with physiological disturbances & physical factors
	Sleep disorders
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
	Habit & impulse disorders
	Gender identity
Mood (affective) disorders
	Depressive

Training

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1 - Individual counseling.
2 – Intervention in addiction and mental health cases.
3 - Trauma.
4 - Life skills and individual vocational intervention for sexually abused women.