Promoting Democracy. Manal A. Jamal

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СКАЧАТЬ UnionFLACSOFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales / Latin American Faculty for the Social SciencesFMLNFarabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional / Farabundo Marty for National LiberationFPLFuerzas Populares de Liberación / Popular Forces of LiberationFPWACFederation of Palestinian Women’s Action CommitteesFPWAC-FIDAFederation of Palestinian Women’s Action Committees-Palestinian Democratic UnionFUSADESFundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social / Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social DevelopmentGFTUPalestinian General Federation of Trade UnionsGTZGerman Agency for Technical CooperationGUPWGeneral Union of Palestinian WomenHIVOSHumanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking / International Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing CountriesICCOInterkerkelijke Organisatie voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking / Dutch Interchurch Organization for Development CooperationICGInternational Crisis GroupINCLEUS Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement AffairsIMUInstituto de Investigación, Capacitación y Desarrollo de la Mujer “Norma Guirola de Herrera” / Institute of Research, Training, and Development of Women “Norma Guirola de Herrera”ISDEMUInstituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo de la Mujer / Salvadoran Institute for Women’s DevelopmentJMCCJerusalem Media and Communication CenterMAMMovimiento de Mujeres ‘Mélida Anaya Montes’ / Melida Anaya Monte Women’s MovementMEAMunicipios en Acción / Municipalities in ActionMIFTAHPalestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and DemocracyMNRMovimiento Nacional Revolucionario / National Revolutionary MovementMOPICMinistry of Planning and International CooperationMPCSMovimiento Popular Social Cristiano / Popular Social Christian MovementMSMMovimiento Salvadoreño de Mujeres / Salvadoran Movement of WomenNGOnongovernmental organizationNOVIBOxfam-NetherlandsNRPNational Reconstruction PlanOCHAUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsODAOfficial Development AssistanceOECDOrganization for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentONUSALObservadores de las Naciones Unidas en El Salvador / United Nations Observer Mission in El SalvadorORMUSAOrganización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas / Organization of Salvadoran WomenPAPalestinian AuthorityPANORAMAPalestinian Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community DevelopmentPARCPalestinian Agricultural Relief CommitteesPASSIAPalestinian Academic Society for the Study of International AffairsPCPPalestinian Communist PartyPDCPartido Demócrata Cristiano / Christian Democratic PartyPFLPPopular Front for the Liberation of PalestinePLCPalestinian Legislative CouncilPLOPalestine Liberation OrganizationPNCPalestine National CouncilPNFPalestine National FrontPNGOPalestinian Nongovernmental Organization NetworkPNUDPrograma de la Naciones para el Desarrollo / United Nations Development ProgramPPPPalestinian People’s PartyPRTCPartido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Centroamericanos / Revolutionary Party of Central American WorkersPRUDPartido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrácia / Party of Revolutionary Democratic UnificationPCSPartido Comunista de El Salvador / Communist Party of El SalvadorPTTPrograma de Transferencia de Tierras / Land Transfer ProgramPVOSPrivate Volunteer OrganizationsPWWSDPalestinian Working Women’s Society for DevelopmentRNResistencia Nacional/ National ResistanceSCFSave the Children FederationSHARESalvadoran Humanitarian Aid, Research, and Education FoundationSWGSSector Working GroupsTAPTripartite Action PlanTFPITask Force on Project ImplementationTIMTemporary International MechanismTACTunnel Affairs CommissionUCAUniversity of Central AmericaUDNUnión Democrática Nacionalista / Nationalist Democratic UnionUNDPUnited Nations Development ProgramUNICEFUnited Nations Children FundUNRWAUnited Nations Relief Works AgencyUNSCOUnited Nations Special Coordinators OfficeUPAUnited Palestine AppealUPWCUnion of Palestinian Women’s CommitteesUPWWCUnion of Palestinian Working Women’s CommitteesUSAIDUnited States Agency for International DevelopmentUSSCUnited States Security CoordinatorVATValue-Added TaxWATCWomen’s Affairs Technical CommitteesWBGSWest Bank and Gaza StripWCLACWomen’s Center for Legal Aid and CounselingWCSWUnion of Women’s Committees for Social WorkWWCWomen’s Work Committee

      LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

       Figure 1.1. Political settlements, donor assistance, and civil society outcomes

       Figure 4.1. All disbursements to El Salvador and the Palestinian Territories, 1992–2001

       Figure 4.2. Commitments to government and civil society, 1992–2001

       Table 4.1. Donor Assistance to the Palestinian Territories and El Salvador from 1992 to 2001

       Table 5.1. Comparing Women’s Status in El Salvador and the Palestinian Territories

       Table 5.2. Inception of Women’s Organizations in Palestinian Territories—Jerusalem-Ramallah Access Area, 1978 to 2001

       Table 5.3. Inception of Women’s Organizations in El Salvador—San Salvador, 1978 to 2001

      PREFACE

      In the late 1990s, I worked as a journalist and researcher in Jerusalem. As part of my daily routine, I would park my car—or, more accurately, my mother’s car—on Highway 1, the 1950 armistice line separating East and West Jerusalem. Then I would walk to my morning job at the Alternative Information Center, a research institute, in West Jerusalem. At noon, I would return to the car and proceed to my full-time job in East Jerusalem at the Jerusalem Media Research Center, another research institute where I worked as a journalist and researcher on a project on donor assistance to the Palestinian territories.1 One damp Tuesday morning, however, I returned to Highway 1 only to realize that the car was no longer there. Two bystanders informed me that two young Arab men had driven away with it.

      I decided to go to the nearest police station, which happened to be in West Jerusalem, the predominantly Israeli side of the city. The officer on duty patiently listened, then informed me that I would likely never see the car again—32,000 cars are stolen in Israel per year. Dissatisfied with his response, I proceeded to the nearest Palestinian Authority (PA) police station in Abu Dis. There I filed a report for a stolen car. The officers on duty put out an alert to all personnel guarding Palestinian - Authority checkpoints near Jerusalem to look out for a gray Subaru with a yellow license plate—the plate color reserved for Palestinians with foreign passports, Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, Israelis, and foreigners. The alert noted that the car was owned by a Palestinian American with a US passport.

      By late afternoon on Wednesday, I had heard from СКАЧАТЬ