The Twinning Network Women’s Visit 2008

The visit has the following aims:
· To spread awareness of the human rights situation in Palestine - in other words to tell as many people as possible what is going on in Palestine, and specially to encourage people who are new to this issue to be active about it
· To bring women from twinning groups in Palestine to meet with their partners in the twinning groups in England so they can work with them to build and extend the Britain-Palestine twinning work in England and to discuss together next steps in their twinning links
· In particular to develop women's links between Britain and Palestine as part of wider twinning links
· To promote twinning/ friendship links between Britain and Palestine including encouraging the development of new twinning links
· And to help bring the twinning network work together.

Public meetings
We hope each public meeting will include
· a chance for a number of women to speak about their experiences, including telling about life under Israeli occupation and the human rights situation for Palestinians.
· a speaker to talk about the local twinning links and/ or a speaker from the Twinning Network to explain what twinning and friendship links can do.

Town twinning groups involved in the visit (at this point)

Exeter - Hebron (There is some information about Hebron Exeter Twinning Association on the website of www.exeterpsc.org.uk – but they will give you more information when you arrive)
Oxford-Ramallah
Camden – Abu Dis www.camdenabudis.net
Islington- Yibna
South East London – Beit Fourik
Haringey – Bethany
Watford - Salfeet
Walsall - Kobar
Tower Hamlets - Jenin
Luton - Battir
Birmingham Ramallah www.birminghamrallah.net
Nottingham - Jenin
Leeds - Hebron
Ormskirk – Al Walajah
Pendle – Beit Leed
Preston – Tulkarem (TBC)
www.twinningwithpalestine.net

(2) Student twinning groups involved in the visit (at this point)
· Oxford Students
· Staffordshire Uni Students
· LSE Students
· UCL Students
· Leeds Students
· Manchester Students
· SOAS Students
· www.actionpalestine.org

If you want to interview or invite the women to speak during their visit or if you would like to get involved with the twinning campaign please call
Haringey Justice for Palestinians
Seamus 07833 357526 or email  karlkahn@supanet.com