Women’s Rights
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Despite significant advances made in recent years to ensure women’s equality in Israeli society, gender discrimination still exists in almost every aspect of life: employment, health, and more. Women from minority groups encounter multiple forms of discrimination, and in most cases they face greater obstacles in realizing their basic rights than men. This is only compounded by their lack of representation in public decision-making bodies, ultimately leaving legislation concerning women in the hands of the male majority.
As a part of the effort to ensure equality for all residents and citizens of Israeli, throughout Israeli society, ACRI works to protect women’s rights by promoting the elimination of underage marriage; improving access to women’s healthcare; countering discrimination against women in the religious and family court systems; and advocating for equal representation of women in public bodies and in the media.
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HMOs instructed not to renew Depo-Provera prescriptions for Ethiopian women
January 29, 2013
A group of human rights organizations and Ethiopian immigrants’ groups sent a letter to the Director General of the Ministry of … Read more
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ACRI in the News: November – December 2012
January 3, 2013
ACRI Op-Eds This Friday, we march for the right ‘to be human’ – December 5, 2012 (+972) by Hagai El-Ad, ACRI … Read more
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ACRI’s State of Human Rights Report 2012
December 16, 2012
ACRI’s 2012 Situation Report examines the current state of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: house … Read more
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Thousands March in Tel Aviv for Human Rights
December 9, 2012
People from all over Israel came together in Tel Aviv on Friday (7 December 2012) for the fourth annual Human … Read more
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End the Tradition of Oppression | Sami Michael
December 7, 2012
“A society that excludes women from the public sphere is sick and will never truly flourish” – read the speech … Read more
Legal Work
In the Knesset
Publications
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State of Human Rights Report 2008
December 7, 2008
ACRI Gauges Israel’s Realization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 60th Anniversary of its Adoption The full version … Read more
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Following ACRI report, UN Condemns Discrimination in Israel, OPT
March 11, 2007
ACRI, which submitted written and oral information to the Committee, welcomes the conclusions on the issues that we are seeking … Read more
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Children of migrant workers face deportation
January 4, 2006
The majority of the children of migrant workers will not receive official Israeli residency status, and are liable to be … Read more