May 24, 2011
Arab women in Israel who are in polygamous marriages live in a state of poverty, neglect and anxiety. Polygamy disrupts women’s and children’s lives and condemns them to a life of poverty, loneliness and depression.
These are the conclusions of a qualitative study conducted recently among Bedouin women in the Negev by SHATIL and [...]

May 12, 2011
As we celebrate the independence of the State of Israel, we also celebrate the steps her individual citizens take to achieve personal independence. SHATIL rejoices at being a catalyst for the movement toward freedom and independence of women such as Laila Alzohail, a graduate of two SHATIL trainings. Laila’s credits her journey from [...]

April 26, 2011
“The SHATIL course transformed my thinking…I learned that I, an ordinary citizen, can could influence policy.” – Elisheva Katz, participant in a social change training for social workers in Haifa
For the first time, SHATIL’s new trainings booklet is available in a digitized, searchable form on-line as well as in hard copy. The 2011 [...]