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Other Areas of Focus

In Israel, the New Israel Fund supports a range of organisations right across society’s spectrum.In particular, issues of social and economic justice are incredibly important for the full integration...

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Leadership Training

It is crucial to empower the next generation of leadership. This means equipping future leaders with the tools to reach across sectors and work with traditionally marginalised and unengaged groups.In...

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Religious Pluralism and Tolerance

It’s important that despite an individual’s beliefs or religion they are treated equally in society and afforded the same opportunities. Embracing a tolerant and inclusive religious sphere, and...

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Women's Issues

Ensuring equal opportunity for women in the public and the private sphere; combatting disadvantage and marginalisation and ensuring equal participation in all aspects of life.In Australia women are...

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Human and Civil Rights

We are passionate about complete equality for all people, regardless of their religion, race or gender. We are active in fighting against legislated discrimination against minority groups. We advocate...

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Protecting the rights of vulnerable communities

There are around 135,000 Ethiopian-Israelis, many having come in massive waves of immigration in the 1980s and 1990s. However, almost 40% have arrived since the year 2000.Poverty is widespread in the...

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Rights for refugees and people seeking asylum

Tens of thousands of people seeking asylum have journeyed to make their lives in Israel, many having heard of its democratic system and treatment of refugees. Currently, 43,000 Africans live in Israel...

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Addressing inequality in the Arab-Israeli community

Making up a fifth of the Israeli population, Palestinian citizens of Israel, or Arab-Israelis, are among the most disadvantaged populations in Israel.For example, while 14% of Jewish families live in...

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Advancing the status of women

The Ultra-Orthodox Rabbinate’s monopoly over personal status issues for Jews in Israel leaves many Jews -- those who cannot or do not affiliate with other streams of Judaism -- in a situation where...

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Relieving poverty and economic inequality

Israel today has one of the highest rates of poverty in the Western World. One-in-three children live below the poverty line, with almost 25% of the population living in poverty. Economic inequality is...

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Defending human rights and democratic infrastructure

We’re working to uphold the values of the Declaration of Independence, that Israel “will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality...

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Access to water, electricity and education for Bedouin communities in the Negev

Al HukokEstablished just a few years ago, Al Hukok is the first legal centre run by Bedouin in the Negev. It focuses exclusively on that community’s unique needs.More than 100,000 Negev Bedouin live in...

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Ensuring access to water, health services and education for Palestinian...

Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) – East Jerusalem projectIsrael’s oldest civil rights organisation, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), uses strategic litigation to petition...

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Taking action on behalf of Israelis from Mizrahi, Russian, Ethiopian and Arab...

Israel Racism Crisis CentreTwo of Israel’s leading social justice organisations – the Israel Religious Action Centre (IRAC) of the Reform Movement, and the Coalition Against Racism – have come together...

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Spearheading litigation that challenges racism and inequality, and empowering...

TebekaFounded by Israel’s first Ethiopian lawyers and professionals, Tebeka, which means “Advocate for Justice” in Amharic, the organisation is the largest and most successful service for Israel’s...

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Support and legal assistance for refugees and people seeking asylum

Hotline for Refugees and MigrantsThe Hotline is Israel’s leading organisation promoting the rights of refugees, people seeking asylum, migrant workers and victims of human trafficking.With more than...

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Taking action with Israelis from Mizrahi, Russian, Ethiopian and Arab...

TmuraOne of Israel’s most creative civil society organisations, Tmura, has pioneered the use of tort law to achieve significant wins for individuals who have experienced discrimination.By using tort...

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