by SBlumenkranz | May 2, 2017 | Blog
Our final day of the Mission last week included visits to two grantees. First up was the Rackman Center at Bar-Ilan University, where we learned about their efforts to help women who are trying to secure a get, a Jewish religious divorce. They also told us about...
by SBlumenkranz | May 2, 2017 | Blog
On our way back from Haifa, we stopped off in Daliat Ein Carmel, where we met a Druze woman, Hikam (far right), whose catering business is growing thanks to the support of our grantee, Economic Empowerment for Women. EEW provides support to entrepreneurs for five...
by SBlumenkranz | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
Our grantee, the Haifa-based Isha L'Isha (board members and staff, above), is aiding women who clean buildings in that city's municipal buildings. These workers are employed by a contractor, who underpays them and denies them benefits. They are putting...
by SBlumenkranz | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
We started the day with a visit to Jewish elementary school in Haifa, where our grantee Merchavim has placed several teachers of Arab Israeli background. There is a surplus of Arab Israeli women trained as teachers, and a shortage of English, math, and science...
by SBlumenkranz | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
Our final stop of the day was to our grantee Microfy, which is helping female entrepreneurs like Orly and Keren, pictured above, in South Tel Aviv, a depressed part of the city. Microfy provides training and on-going support to these women via mentoring and a...
