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...
View ArticleLeadership 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...
View ArticleReligious 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...
View ArticleWomen'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...
View ArticleHuman 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...
View ArticleProtecting 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...
View ArticleRights 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...
View ArticleAddressing 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...
View ArticleAdvancing 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...
View ArticleRelieving 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...
View ArticleDefending 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...
View ArticleAccess 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...
View ArticleEnsuring 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...
View ArticleTaking 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...
View ArticleSpearheading 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...
View ArticleSupport 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...
View ArticleTaking 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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