Date:
Thursday, December 9, 2010
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:
On Thursday, Samoud Dhamiri al-Yameen was sworn in as the first female magistrate on the Islamic Judicial Council of Palestine.
She will join Supreme Justice Sheikh Yusef al-Da'is of the Supreme Council for Islamic Courts and Major General Adnan Dhamiri, Commissar-General and spokesman for the security establishment.
In a brief statement, Justice Da'is praised the role of Palestinian women and their many responsibilities and celebrated the first female magistrate on the council.
Da'is said the inauguration of Dhamiri would bring greater justice for women who file suit with marital problems and explained Dhamiri would take a leadership role in these kinds of cases. He said women were “an important element” in the development and maintenance of society as they looked after “the other half.”
