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Expert Sources by Topic:

Women's Rights

Israel-Based   ::   U.S.-Based

Protecting Women

Israel-Based   ::   U.S.-Based

Women's Rights



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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