Gaining Public Transportation, Arab Women in Israel Make History August 11, 2010 - Israel's Transportation Ministry announced in July that for the first time in Israel's history, public transportation services will be offered to Arab locales. "History in the Arab Israeli Sector" read a press release issued by the Ministry. This is an unprecedented success for the rural Arab women who fought for mobility in their localities over the course of six years, through the project "Women Demand Mobility" initiated and facilitated by Kayan - Feminist Organization, and supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. By Dr. Bettina Suleiman
Jewish and Jewish-Palestinian Feminist Organizations in Israel This report published by the Israel office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation is a first of its kind in-depth exploration of the contemporary feminist movement in Israel. The report focuses on Jewish and joint Jewish-Palestinian feminist organizations in Israel and includes a mapping section of 46 organizations (available in Hebrew only) and an analysis of the trends and characteristics of the feminist NGO field in Israel (available in Hebrew, English and Arabic).
10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 On October 31, 2000 the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace and Security.” This resolution provides that women be adequately represented on all levels in peace building processes and in the making of security policies.Ten years after the adoption of UN Resolution 1325, the Gunda Werner Institute (GWI) of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in cooperation with the German Women’s Security Council and Peace Women Across the Globe, hosted an international conference in Berlin to examine the implementation of the resolution.Anat Saragusti, a board member of Itach-Maaki - Women Lawyers for social Justice, supported in its 1325 implementation efforts by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung Israel office, was invited to the conference to present the Israel case study at the conference in Berlin on October 28th, 2010. By Anat Saragusti