Women of the Sun (movement)

Women of the Sun (نساء الشمس) is a Palestinian women's organization based in Bethlehem. It was founded in July 2021 and is devoted to a peaceful resolution in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

They are a member of Alliance for Middle East Peace.

Collaborations
They have collaborated multiple times with the Israeli organization Women Wage Peace, who have a similar objective.

In late 2021 and early 2022, both groups worked together on forming a "joint platform". In March 2022, coalitions from both groups met at Neve Midbar Beach on the Dead Sea for a peace conference. The conference was decried by the General Union of Palestinian Women, who said it was "normalizing" the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, and called Women of the Sun a "fictitious" organization.

On October 4, 2023, just days before the onset of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, the two groups organized a peace march in Jerusalem, from the Monument of Tolerance to the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. In December 2023, Women of the Sun and Women Wage Peace were both nominated by the Nobel Peace Prize Working Group of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. In addition, Women of the Sun founder and director Reem Hajajreh was selected as one of the 2024 TIME Women of the year.