The following analysis evaluates the women's chances of participating in local councils outside the gender quota system, which remains a crucial factor in women's representation on municipal and village councils.

Beyond the Official Turnout Rate: Only 35 Percent of the Electorate Cast BallotsAcross the West Bank, 1,491,337 people were eligible to vote in 419 local authorities. Yet for a substantial share of this electorate, the possibility of competitive participation had already been foreclosed before polling day. In localities where lists won by acclamation, 465,266 voters had no ballot to cast...

This study examines the contraction of Palestinian civic space as the outcome of a complex architecture of control, where Israeli occupation policies intersect with the centralization of executive power within the Palestinian Authority and the conditionalities of international funding. It analyzes how the roles of civil society organizations and trade unions are b...