Summary

Suheir Azzouni, gender and development consultant, discusses the long and ultimately successful advocacy campaign that she helped spearhead against a law instituted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) that prohibited women from traveling out of the country without permission from a male guardian. Azzouni describes the strategies used to build a diverse coalition against the law and how to leverage presence of international media for their advantage. 

This interview was part of a series of interviews conducted with attendees of the June 2002 Summer Roaming Institute in Potomac, MD.

Runtime: [00:38:59]

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