Tag Archive: Shatil
Racism: Not in Our School
A new campaign seeks to end racism and discrimination through education.
Achievement in the Fight Against Women’s Exclusion
A newly passed rule will help ensure an end to the exclusion and segregation of women in the public sphere.
Agunot Take Matters into Their Own Hands
Fifty courageous agunot – women denied a divorce by their husbands – and allies protested near the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem last week.
Another Crack in Israel’s Glass Ceiling
The Knesset passed an amendment to the Equal Pay Law requiring certain employers to publicly report wages according to gender.
Growing Social Change
An innovative project is empowering a group of Israelis coping with mental illness.
Who Are You Calling a Refugee?
Tel Aviv restaurant, coffee shop, and bar owners joined together with African refugees for a day of celebration and bridge-building.
We have something to say: Russian-speakers in Israeli media
Progressive Russian Israeli voices are underrepresented in the county’s media. So SHATIL decided to do something about it.
Immersion and Empowerment
A 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.
Spread the word! 2014-2015 Social Justice Fellowships
Last year, I had the immense privilege to spend a year in Israel as a NIF/Shatil Social Justice Fellow.
“It’s accessibility to life”
Bosmat 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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