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Earlier this month, United Nations’ 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, our Visionary Partner grantee WePower launched its Gender Equity Accelerator, an effort to bring together leaders from a variety of sectors and industries to dramatically increase the number of women in leadership positions. Thank you to Lonye Rasch, a former Hadassah Foundation board member, who ...

This year is a time of significant challenges for women, particularly in Israel where women's representation in the national government is at a record low and a judicial overhaul threatens to erase key legal gains. Itach Ma'aki (pictured above) is one of several Hadassah Foundation grantees on the front lines right now defending democracy and women's rights. To mark International Women's ...

At a time when many foundations are scaling back giving due to poor market returns, The Hadassah Foundation, the largest Jewish women’s foundation in the world, announced today that it plans to give away more money. The Foundation is also revamping its grant structure, enabling it to diversify its grantmaking and be a more flexible and responsive funder. The Foundation issued a request for ...

Jewish Women International (JWI) and WePower, two leading gender-equity organizations, will each receive $130,000 in unrestricted funding from the Hadassah Foundation through its new “Visionary Partner” grants. The new grants, payable over five years, enable organizations that promote gender justice in Israel and the United States to engage in long-term planning, and they are part of a ...

Thousands of women and girls throughout Israel will gain access to educational opportunities June 21, 2022 - The Silagi family has made a $1 million gift to the Hadassah Foundation in memory of their late wife and mother Andrea Silagi z"l. Furthering Andrea's legacy of being a renowned teacher, the gift will establish the Andrea Silagi Fund for Education, Advocacy, and Awareness. This ...