Palestinian Working Woman's Society for Development

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	PWWSD
Governorate:	Hebron (Branch Office)	Establishment Year:	1981
Address:	Yatta / Mount of Mazra'a - next to Bank of Palestine \ Taher Abu Tabikh Building	Telephone:	02-2273070
Website:	www.pwwsd.org	Fax:	02-2273070
E-mail:	saharzamareh@yahoo.com
Person in Charge Name: Sahar Sabry Mohammed Ahmad Zama'reh Position: Psychological Coordinator Telephone: 02-2273070 Mobile: 0548420760 E-mail: saharzamareh@yahoo.com
Staff:	Psychologist (0) Social Worker (1) Vocational Specialist (1) Community Worker (1) Educational Counselor (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

Elderly

Families

Activities / Interventions

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Information dissemination to the community at large
	Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
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
	Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
	Basic counselling for individuals
	Basic counselling families
	Basic counselling for groups
	Psychotherapy
General activities to support MHPSS
	Training. / TOT
	Technical or clinical supervision
	Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
	Advocacy
	Research
Clinical management of mental disorders
	Non-pharmacological management of mental disorder

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

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Obsessive – compulsive
	Grief
	PTSD
	Somatoform disorders
Disorders of psychological development
	Specific developmental of speech & language
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
	Behavioral & emotional disorders
Mood (affective) disorders
	Manic
	Depressive