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Israel-based
Leah Aharonov
Affiliation: President, International Council of Jewish Women
Tel.: 972-52-423-9507
Yahel Ash Kurlander
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, Isha L’Isha (literal translation: “woman to woman” – most veteran, grassroots feminist organization in Israel and the country’s leading voice for women’s rights)
Tel.: 972-4-865-0977
E-mail: yahelmedia@gmail.com
Ilany Ayelet
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, Economic Empowerment for Women (works to reduce poverty and bridge social and economic disparities among women in Israel)
Tel.: 972-4-852-0027
E-mail: eew@womensown.org.il
Rula Deeb
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, KAYAN (works to advance the status of Arab-Israeli women by catalyzing independent thought and action and changing the way women are viewed and treated in Arab and Jewish society in Israel)
Tel.: 972-4-864-1291; 972-4-866-1890
E-mail: kayan@netvision.net.il
 Nahum Eido
Affiliation: Spokesman, Israel Ministry of Social Affairs
Tel.: 972-2-675-7424
E-mail: nachumi@molsa.gov.il
Rula Elatuna
Affiliation: Director, Association of Bedouin Women to Promote Education
E-mail: info@Bedouinwomen.org.il
Frances Raday, Ph.D
Affiliation: Chairwoman, Committee on Women’s Status, Israel Lawyers Association; Director, Concord Research Center for Integration of International Law in Israel; visiting professor, College of Management, University College London; visiting professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; emerita chair, Israeli Association for Freedom of Science, Religion and Culture
E-mail: radayf@netvision.net.il
Einat Rubin
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel
E-mail: einat@igud1202.org.il
Sister for Women in Israel
Organization - improves and advances the status of working women at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder
Tel.: 972-3-687-0545
E-mail: achoti@zahav.net.il
Raya Strauss Bendror
Affiliation: Co-founder and President, Strauss-Elite Group
E-mail: straussr@netvision.net.il
Women Lawyers for Social Justice
Organization - Fights the widening gaps in Israeli society, particularly the growing violations of women's rights
Tel.: 972-3-516-3936
E-mail: mail@itach.org.il
U.S.-based
Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, City University of New York; Co-Founder, Association for Women in Psychology and the National Women’s Health Network; Founder and Board Member, International Committee for the Women of the Wall
Tel.: 212-722-1038 (home office); 212-831-2745 (office)
E-mail: pchesler@phyllis-chesler.com
Nancy Falchuk
Affiliation: National President, Hadassah
Fields: Healthcare in Israel
Tel.: 212-355-7900 (New York)
E-mail: nfalchuk@hadassah.org
Web site: www.hadassah.org
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Affiliation: Founder and President, The Israel Project
Tel: 202-857-6644 (office)
E-mail: jenniferm@theisraelproject.org
Web site: www.theisraelproject.org
NA'AMAT USA - An organization and movement striving to enhance the quality of life for women, children and families in Israel, the U.S. and around the world.
Tel.: 212-563-5222
E-mail: naamat@naamat.org
WIZO USA - A non-political international movement dedicated to the advancement of the status of women, welfare of all sectors of Israeli society and encouragement of Jewish education around the world.
Tel.: 212-751-6461
E-mail: wizo@wizony.com
Protecting women
Israel-based
Nahum Eido
Affiliation: Spokesman, Israel Ministry of Social Affairs
Tel.: 972-2-675-7424
E-mail: nachumi@molsa.gov.il
 Helena Glazer
Affiliation: President, Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO)
Tel.: 972-3-692-3716
E-mail: Helena@wizo.org
Tali Lavanon
Affiliation: Director, Israel Trauma Coalition
Tel.: 972-2-586-6385
E-mail: taly.levanon@itc-office.org.il
Miriam Schler
Affiliation: Director, Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center
Tel.: 972-3-516-7664 ext. 201
E-mail: Center_director@012.net.il
Shirli Shavit
Affiliation: Director, International Department, NA'AMAT Israel
Tel.: 972-3-692-1904
E-mail: Shirlisha@naamat.org.il
Einav Shimon
Affiliation: Spokeswoman, Israel Ministry of Health
Tel.: 972-2-670-5056
E-mail: dover@moh.health.gov.il
Web site: www.health.gov.il/english
The Israel Women’s Network
Tel.: 972-3-612-3990
E-mail: office@iwn.org.il
Dr. Hanita Zimrin
Affiliation: President, ELI: Israel Association for Child Protection
Tel.: 972-3-609-1930; 972-54-420-6246 (cell)
E-mail: Zimrin@eli.org.il
Web site: http://www.eliusa.org (English)
U.S.-based
American Miklat Committee
Organization – Israel’s only domestic abuse shelters for observant women and their children
Tel.: 212-419-2778
E-mail: info@miklat.org
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