by Hannah Cohen | Feb 12, 2024 | Gender Equality
Researcher Noga Dagan-Buzaglo of NIF partner the Adva Center writes that in times of crisis, Israeli women are far more likely than men to lose their job or be placed on unpaid leave. This was true during the Covid-19 pandemic and it is true now during the war in...
by Hannah Cohen | Dec 12, 2023 | Gender Equality
A new report by NIF partner Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHRI) uses evidence gathered to confirm that sexual violence was used as a weapon of war by Hamas and calls to center the physical and emotional needs of the victims of the violence. The report is based...
by Hannah Cohen | Mar 23, 2023 | Gender Equality
Photo credit: Gilad Kavalertchik Earlier this month, Canadian ambassador to Israel Lisa Stadelbauer acted as host for Shatil’s graduation of their women NGO leaders project. Shatil is the capacity-building arm of the New Israel Fund in Israel. This unique Shatil...
by Hannah Cohen | Jan 17, 2023 | Gender Equality
By Sylvia Bashevkin, NIFC Advisory Council What stands out most boldly in recent news from Israel? The courageous opposition of so many diverse women to the perilous directions of Bibi’s sixth government. On January 14, a sea of schoolgirls, young professionals and...
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...
