Democratic Palestine : 18 (ص 21)
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- Democratic Palestine : 18 (ص 21)
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The discussions at the conference and the designation of tasks
were based on a scientific assessment of the women’s issue, for
the liberation of women is organically tied to economic and
social liberation. Thus, struggle for women’s liberation is an
intrinsic part of the progressive struggle of revolutionary forces.
As a democratic mass organization, the PWO works for gua-
ranteeing women’s right to participate in political activities and
increasing women’s participation in the national liberation
struggle. Therefore, the PWO encourages women to become
members of unions as well as other popular organizations. This
is important for advancing the women’s cause and establishing
their rights.
The PWO advocates the unity of the Palestinian women’s
movement within the framework of the GUPW. It calls for par-
ticipation in the GUPW activities and for struggle from within
to improve the GUPW’s political positions. Based on this, the
conference approved the following guidelines for PWO activi-
ties:
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1. To be active in the GUPW and consolidate the unity of the
Palestinian women’s movement in this framework. This in turn
will bolster the GUPW’s militant role in the Palestinian arena.
2. To struggle to establish an advanced national line which
would govern the position and progress of the GUPW, and to
confront all moves to divert the union from the sound national
line.
3. To strive towards establishing democracy and proportional
representation in the GUPW.
4. To strive for activating the GUPW and strengthening its rela-
tions with progressive Arab and international unions.
The conference also discussed the Palestinian women’s
movement in the occupied territories, in the camps in Lebanon,
and in other places where there are Palestinian communities in
exile.
On the political level, the conference dealt with current issues
on the Palestinian, Arab and international levels. The Amman
accord was termed the dangerous turning point towards
implementing imperialism’s plot to liquidate the Palestinian
cause. The conference also emphasized the importance of
national unity. To this end, the PWO calls for the PLO’s official
leadership to forgo its destructive trend, cancel the Amman
accord and begin comprehensive dialogue for restoring national
unity. The PWO adds its voice and efforts to those of other
Palestinian democratic and national forces struggling for unity.
The statement expressed high esteem for the Algerian and Soviet
initiatives in this respect.
The PWO called attention to the dangerous developments in
the occupied territories and the importance of confronting the
Zionist-Jordanian-Egyptian maneuvers. The PWO noted the
bloody events in the Beirut camps. It condemned the massacre
at Yarmouk University and pointed out that this is an indication
of the multifaceted crisis of the Jordanian regime. In this con-
text, the PWO emphasized the importance of building a
national front in Jordan, as an effective means of confronting
the regime’s reactionary policies and solidifying ties with
regional and international progressive and democratic forces to
confront the imperialist policies.
The statement condemned the official state terrorism prac-
ticed by the Reagan Administration in the form of the aggres-
sive attacks on Lebanon, Libya and Syria. The conference
commended and supported the peaceful initiatives of the Soviet
Union concerning the nuclear arms race.
Finally, the PWO vowed to struggle for strengthening the role
of the Palestinian mass organizations and unions, most impor-
tantly the GUPW, and to contribute actively to realizing the
Palestinian national program.
TELEGRAMS TO THE CONFERENCE
From the Executive Committee of the Union of
Palestinian Women’s Committees in the occupied
territories:
Comrades, members of the first conference of the Palestinian
Women’s Organization, we take this opportunity to salute you.
With clenched fists raised high in determination, we extend sin-
cere hopes for success, hoping that your first conference will be
a new brick added to the structure of our people’s revolution in
its continued struggle against the Zionists, and other forces of the
enemy camp. We had sincerely wished to participate in your
conference, but our duties hold us here. Our land must be
planted and our children raised on-the milk of molotovs and
stones. Our eyes are turned towards you, however, proud of
your daily confrontation with the enemy. Go forward, for any
victory of yours gives us more hope and determination in our
march.
From the Popular Committees of Shatila and Bourj
Al Barajneh:
Comrades, your conference convenes at a time when a brutal
attack is being launched against our people and revolution in the
camps of Beirut. Our steadfast masses congratulate and support
you in your first conference. We wish you success and positive
results which will channel into the progress of the revolution in
general and the increased militancy of the women’s role in par-
ticular.
From the women of the Cuban Embassy in Syria:
We have witnessed scenes which have become familiar to us
all. A Syrian woman in the occupied Golan Heights fights a
fully armed Zionist soldier with a stick. No annexation decision
or regulations about indentity cards, nor any form of Nazi
oppression can daunt the Arab woman. She will stand proud
like the skies of the Golan Heights. The Golan is Arab and will
remain so forever...
Telegrams were also received from: Communist Party of India;
Communist Party of Portugal; Woman’s Bureau of the Pales-
tinian Communist Party; Iraqi Women’s League; Woman’s
Bureau of the Palestinian Liberation Front; Omani Woman’s
Organization; Democratic Woman’s League in Saudi Arabia;
Woman’s Bureau of the Popular Struggle Front; Palestinian
Youth Organization; Popular Woman’s Association of Sidon,
Lebanon; Jordanian Woman’s Movement. ®
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