Join us for a special International Women’s Day webinar with Israeli, Palestinian, and international women changemakers.
Bushra Awad – bereaved mother, Forum member
Ayelet Harel – bereaved sister, Forum member, PCFF Board member
Huda Abuarqoub – UN Advisor for Article 1325 on women, peace, and security
Naomi Sternberg – gender and conflict resolution manager at the Geneva Initiative and peace activist
Zuhra Bahman – Regional Director for Search for Common Ground, Afghanistan
Hamutal Gouri – moderator and feminist peace activist
American Friends of the Parents Circle
2248 Broadway #1531
New York, NY 10024
American Friends of the Parents Circle
2248 Broadway #1531
New York, NY 10024
Bushra Awad is a leading Palestinian member of the Parents Circle – Families Forum. Bushra lost her son in 2008 due to the occupation and the conflict and joined the PCFF in 2011. She has become a powerful advocate for peace and reconciliation in the Forum through the facilitation of Dialogue Meetings and her role as the coordinator of the Palestinian women’s group within the forum, as well as representing the PCFF in important speaking events abroad, such as Women in the World conferences.
Ayelet Harel – Media and culture producer and entrepreneur, and single mother of 3 children. Her older brother Yuval Harel was killed in 1982 in the First Lebanon War. Ayelet joined the Parents Circle Families Forum in 2009 and since then has served as a facilitator for the Dialogue Meeting Program and Parallel Narrative Experience, and even worked at the Forum as a manager of funds and projects for 5 years. Today, Ayelet is a member of the PCFF Board of Directors and is also a member of Women Wage Peace in the fields of politics and communication.
Huda Abuarquob is an independent consultant specializing in conflict transformation and peacebuilding, and a 1325 UNSCR Women, Peace, and Security Advisor. She has over three decades of experience in activism and work with NGOs in the MENA region, most recently as the first on-the-ground regional director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). Huda is committed to fostering positive change in the complex landscape of the Middle East, particularly through advocating for women’s participation in conflict resolution. She has received accolades for her work, including the Laudato Si’ Prize at the Vatican and recognition from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, positioning her as a beacon of hope in the pursuit of a more equal and peaceful world.
Naomi Sternberg – Director of the conflict and gender at the Geneva Initiative and a peace activist. She hosts the podcasts “The Road to Agreement” and “The Guide to Hope”, bringing together Israeli and Palestinian women from the West Bank and Gaza and motivating them to take part in political activity related to the conflict, while providing tools and knowledge about the gender perspective in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Naomi holds a BA in political science and History of the Middle East, and is currently in a Masters program for Middle Eastern Studies, focusing on the gendered history of Palestine. She has been dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years, with an emphasis on activism that connects women’s rights and politics.
Zuhra Bahman is the regional Director for Search for Common Ground, Afghanistan and a peace and women’s right activist. She is the only woman heading an NGO still allowed to function in various districts in Afghanistan. She is leading her team through violence, working with the Taliban to keep the peacebuilding space open. After the Taliban invaded her hometown in Afghanistan in 1999 she fled her country and moved to Pakistan were she founded and managed the refugee wing of Youth and Children Development Program. Moving to Great Britain she co-founded the Afghan Youth Council and was the youngest person to address the Afghan Civil Society meeting in Bonn.
Hamutal Gouri – Feminist peace activist, cultural researcher, and storytelling for social change. She is the founder and CEO of consult4good, a business for consulting, facilitation, and guidance for social change. She also founded Impact Storytelling, an initiative for developing stories as tools for organizational, social, and political change. Hamutal is a senior fellow at the Kiberstein Institute working to strengthen the feminist field in Jerusalem and formerly the CEO of the Dafna Fund – a feminist women’s fund. Certified group moderator and lecturer on gender issues and leadership in civil society organizations.
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