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Another Crack in Israel’s Glass Ceiling
20 March 2014The Knesset passed an amendment to the Equal Pay Law requiring certain employers to publicly report wages according to gender.
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Growing Social Change
25 February 2014An innovative project is empowering a group of Israelis coping with mental illness.
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Who Are You Calling a Refugee?
30 January 2014Tel Aviv restaurant, coffee shop, and bar owners joined together with African refugees for a day of celebration and bridge-building.
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We have something to say: Russian-speakers in Israeli media
16 January 2014Progressive Russian Israeli voices are underrepresented in the county’s media. So SHATIL decided to do something about it.
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Immersion and Empowerment
5 December 2013A new training program for mikva (ritual bath) attendants in Israel is an important step forward for women’s rights. The new training program, which will be run by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, was agreed upon following a campaign by Advot (Ripples), a group of women’s rights activists.
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Spread the word! 2014-2015 Social Justice Fellowships
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“It’s accessibility to life”
17 October 2013Bosmat Nakash and her family immigrated to Israel from Iraq just before the Six Day War. Among the changes she experienced in her new country was a more tolerant attitude toward her disability.
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Approaching 100 Days of the (Third) Netanyahu Government
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An End to Gender Segregation?
23 May 2013May 8th became a day of celebration for proponents of equality in Israel after Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein instructed the government to immediately stop the exclusion and segregation of women in the public sphere.
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Pressing for a Socially Just Budget
16 January 2013A new survey reveals that 87% of Israelis oppose cuts in the state’s health, welfare, and education budgets.
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