by Hannah Cohen | Oct 31, 2022 | Gender Equality
Photo: Alex Farfuri, courtesy of Shatil This year, Shatil commemorates its 40th anniversary through the exhibition 40×40 Changing Reality which pays tribute to four decades of key changemakers in Israeli society, such as Shula Keshet. To Shula Keshet, a South Tel...
by Hannah Cohen | Jul 20, 2022 | Gender Equality, Religious Freedom
The Jerusalem Magistrate Court has ordered Israel Railways and Danel, the company that provides guards for trains, to pay Israeli citizen Maya Melitz NIS 16,000 ($4,600) as compensation for being forced to move to another car because she is a woman. Melitz was...
by Hannah Cohen | May 27, 2022 | Gender Equality, Religious Freedom
Israel’s Dan Bus Company has withdrawn its requirement that drivers check the ‘modesty’ of ads on their buses before driving through the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. The change came after the policy was exposed by the Israeli newspaper, Globes. The bus company...
by Hannah Cohen | Mar 28, 2022 | Gender Equality, News, Social and Economic Justice
One might be surprised to learn that while nearly 70% of Israel’s civil society sector employees are women, less than 50% of civil society organizations are led by women. In an opinion piece in Haaretz this month, Shatil’s director, Esther Sivan, pointed out that...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 17, 2021 | Gender Equality, Human and Civil Rights
Amid Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz’s efforts to reform Israel’s outdated abortion policies, NIFC project partner Physicians for Human Rights-Israel has published a position paper on the issue, entitled Access to Terminating Pregnancy: Abortion and Equality....
by Hannah Cohen | Oct 14, 2021 | Gender Equality, Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Last week, Hasoub — a movement of Palestinian citizens of Israel developing the next generation of tech leaders — organized a hackathon to create technological initiatives to combat the growing violence in Israel’s Arab communities. Hasoub organized the event together...
