We did it! Activists celebrate postponement of Knesset vote on planning reform

The SHATIL-led Forum for Responsible Planning’s intensive lobby and media campaign against the government’s anti-social, anti-environmental, pro-rich planning reform bill succeeded in meeting its immediate goal: postponement of the vote until the next Knesset session. The massive media coverage, demonstrations, petitions, letters, emails, [...]

A first for Bedouin Women
Negev Bedouin women inspired and helped by SHATIL, AJEEC and other organizations, organized and participated in a march and demonstration against the recommendations of the government’s Prawer Committee. They claim the committee did not take into account Bedouin needs and wishes and that the Bedouin community does not agree with its [...]

The second  Knesset conference, “Israel 2020: Food Security – Government’s Responsibility to  implement Solutions and Create Employment ” hosted by the Knesset Caucus on Food Security  chaired by MK Ruhama Avrham was held on Monday, February 27 to promote a bill that would both create small businesses and provide culturally appropriate meals for school children.  [...]

In a fruitful culmination of three years of activism, Shatil hosted two Knesset conferences this week focusing on advancing equitable, fair employment for women in Israel. The conferences were rooted in the Shatil Equality and Dignity at Work initiative, in conjunction with the Israeli Women’s Network and financed by the European Union and Hadassah Foundation, [...]