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SHATIL Associate Director Carlos Sztyglic addressed the first public forum of Israeli, Spanish and international Jewish civil society representatives at the invitation of Casa Sefarad Israel. Attendees at the forum included the Spanish foreign minister and the mayor of Madrid. Casa Sefarad Israel is a two-year-old organization that aims to build collaborations between Israel and Spain on issues relating to women, the environment, human rights, disabilities and more. Sztyglic presented the work of SHATIL's Ethiopian Women's Coalition to Address Domestic Violence to the 180 guests as a case study of how citizens can organize from within a community to successfully tackle a common problem. |