Rural Women Development Society

RWDS was founded in 1987 and has become one of the leading women’s organizations in Palestine with a strong and respected grassroot presence in rural communities with 3000+ women members active in a network of 56 women’s clubs across the West Bank and Gaza strip. Within the framework of its current vision, RWDS aspires to “Promote the economic, social, and political rights of all Palestinian Rural women”. RWDS’ Strategic Objectives and activities for 2025-2028 are: Objective 1: Enhance Palestinian Rural Women's Resilience through Economic Empowerment Objective 2: Improve the legislative, policy, and Social Environment to Ensure Palestinian Rural Women's Rights Objective 3: Improve RWDS's Performance to Achieve Its Mission.