[Marxism] Peace and human-rights volunteers needed in Palestine

[glparramatta <glparramatta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*Peace and human-rights volunteers needed in Palestine *


· *Are you a woman who is interested in working for international justice?*

· *Are you willing to accompany farmers while they harvest their olives 
in the fall?*

· *Do you want to support Palestinian non-violent resistance?*

· *Are you able to spend two weeks to three months in the rural West Bank?*

* *


        International Women's Peace Service

The International Women's Peace Service (IWPS) is a team of 
international women based in Haris, a village in the Salfit governorate 
of the West Bank, which provides accompaniment to Palestinian civilians, 
documents and non-violently intervenes in human rights abuses, supports 
acts of non-violent resistance to end the military occupation of the 
Palestinian Territories – particularly Palestinian women's resistance – 
and opposes the Wall.

Our project is run entirely by long-term and short-term volunteers. We 
are currently seeking new volunteers who ideally have experience in 
Palestine and/or with non-violent direct action and political activism 
in their home countries, as well as some competence in Arabic. Computer 
and technical skills are also useful. Volunteers are welcome to apply 
from their home countries or from within Palestine.


        /_The role of IWPS volunteers includes: _/


· Living and working in a village alongside the Palestinian people, 
gaining a first-hand understanding of their problems;

· Observing and providing written and photographic documentation of 
human-rights abuses, both for use of the project and for use in your 
home country following your term in the house;

· Accompanying farmers to their fields, especially during the olive harvest;

· Responding to emergency calls requiring mediation, intervention or 
care, in coordination with the house team;

· Providing non-violent intervention in human-rights abuses;

· Engaging in acts of non-violent civil resistance alongside 
Palestinians, in coordination with the house team;

· Assisting in the development of village profiles in Salfit in order to 
document the long-term effects of the military occupation;

· Communicating with independent media and international press.

*/_ Want to find out more?_/*

*/_ _/*

You can find out more about IWPS and what we do by viewing our website 
at *www.iwps.info* <http://www.iwps.info/>, where you may also download 
our volunteer information kit.

You may also write to our Personnel group at */ 
iwps-personnel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:iwps-personnel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,/* or to our house in Haris, 
Salfit, Palestine at /* iwps@xxxxxxxxxx* <mailto:iwps@xxxxxxxxxx>./


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