Palestinian Women’s Role in Conflict Management and Peace Building during the Arab Spring Revolution (2010-2011)

The core of democracy is summarized in the legitimacy in the power of taking decisions which direct people‘s lives, their society policies and their country strategies should come from all the people who live in the country, including the women. Because of that October 31st 2001 was an historic day in the lives of women all over the world; when the United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 on women, peace and security. UNSCR 1325 calls for the adoption of a gender perspective and addresses the women‘s needs to take an important role in the national, regional and international institutions and for them to be involved as a basic part of conflict management, prevention and resolution beside the peace building, negotiations and processes. (Claire Pierson, Lior Finkel March 2012) This paper will reflect Palestinian women‘s opinion and recommendations about their political participation in peace building and conflicts management during the Arab Spring Revolution in 2010-2011.