The ultimate goal of the WEP is to improve the quality of life of women victims of violence, their families, and their community through the strengthening of local rehabilitation resources, educational opportunities, and training facilities. The ongoing deterioration of the socio-economic and political situation in Gaza has led to an increase in violence, especially among women, and has also led to an increased demand by women for training courses. The WEP has responded by expanding its range of viable services. At the present time the WEP offers facilities which allow women to be trained in vocational, and income generating skills. At the same time WEP provides psychological and legal counseling, and education in self-development, women's health, social and legal issues. The Training of Trainers approach will help develop a pool of female community leaders who could work as educators and mentors within the community.

Since its establishment, the project has focused on the community approach. Workshops, public meetings, and support groups are organized in addition to lectures from within or outside the center. The project philosophy considers that a woman should not be considered merely as an individual, but rather that the entire family needs to be dealt with.

Empowerment is seen as the right to determine choices in life and to influence the direction of change through the ability to gain control over crucial material and non-material resources. The ultimate aim is not to increase women's status relative to men, but to improve women's quality of life through a redistribution of power within society.

This approach questions the assumption that women need to be integrated into development. Women, by the nature of their social and economic roles, are already integrated into the development processes and survival of their community. They need development policies where they have a say in the kind of society they want.

Also, this approach distinguishes between long-term strategies and short-term strategies. Long-term strategies aim to break down structures of inequality between genders, classes and castes. Short-term strategies aim to respond to women's current crises with measures to assist women in production sectors (sewing, knitting, food and others), as well as in formal and informal sector employment. The relationships short-term and long-term issues are recognized as difficult. WEP and other women's groups attempt to bring both together by incorporating awareness building and group formation into different kinds of development intervention.