ICSPR Conducts Awareness Workshop at a Shelter Center in Gaza City to Promote Youth Participation in Elections
Date: 4 October 2026
Press Release
ICSPR Conducts Awareness Workshop at a Shelter Center in Gaza City to Promote Youth Participation in Elections
The International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights (ICSPR), as part of the activities of the Comprehensive Elections Support Initiative, conducted an awareness workshop at one of the shelter centers in Gaza City, with the aim of raising community awareness of the importance of elections and their role in protecting the right to political participation, strengthening accountability, and promoting participation in decision-making.
The workshop was delivered by youth activist Khadija Al-Turk. It addressed the importance of elections as one of the key tools for expressing the popular will and participating in public affairs, with a focus on the importance of citizens exercising their political and civil rights and actively participating in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections.
The workshop focused on enhancing knowledge of the rights and responsibilities associated with electoral participation and the importance of voters being aware of their rights and their role in choosing their representatives. It also emphasized that participation is not limited to election day, but includes engagement in public affairs, monitoring the performance of representatives, holding them accountable, and participating in public discussions on issues affecting citizens’ lives and the future of society.
The workshop witnessed active engagement from participants, who discussed a number of questions related to elections and mechanisms for participation, as well as the importance of expanding electoral awareness efforts to reach different segments of society, particularly citizens in shelter centers, displaced persons, and young people, ensuring that difficult humanitarian circumstances do not become a barrier to exercising political rights.
The workshop comes within the framework of ICSPR’s efforts to promote community and youth participation in the electoral process, spread electoral and human rights awareness, and affirm that the right to vote and participate in decision-making is an inherent right of citizens that should be protected and that everyone should be enabled to exercise it on an equal basis.
ICSPR emphasized that strengthening electoral participation begins with increasing citizens’ awareness of their
