Raising political awareness

The GUPW recognises that the way to liberation is through a people's war, and that for this, a wide mass base is essential. So the GUPW took the initiative starting new activities, such as civil defence and opening training camps. Before this the Union had been involved in political and social fields, campaigning against illiteracy, opening schools, conducting first aid and health programs. Recognised as being most important were the programs directed at raising the political awareness of women, and the preservation of Palestinian culture. The Zionists and imperialists frantically hope that the Palestinians will "disappear" as a people. This would mean the salvation of the plunderers. The GUPW recognises this, and that is why their energies are centred on preserving Palestinian self-respect and determination to fight and win. These efforts are directed mainly towards the refugee camps and within the occupied territory.

The GUPW held its second conference nine years after its first, due to the political situation and the enormity of the tasks confronting the Union. This second conference was in Lebanon in 1974.

The political report of the Union stressed the commitment of it to the aims of the Palestinian Revolution: "...the liberation of all Palestinian national soil, through popular armed struggle and the establishment of a democratic society as part of a democratic unified Arab society...." The Union considers "...the Palestinian Revolution as part of the world liberation movement, whose enemies are world imperialism, headed by the United States, Zionism, and Arab reaction....."