The Muslim Religious Court in Israel appointed the First Female Judge named Hana Mansour-Khatib
The Muslim Religious Court in Israel appointed the First Female Judge named Hana Mansour-Khatib. The Rackman center supports this historical appointment and hopes this is not only a precedent for Arab women at the KADY court but for Jewish women as well at the Rabbinical court. Credit: Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s Twitter
From slavery to freedom
From slavery to freedom One of our main goals as a center is helping other women gain their independence and autonomy in a world where too many of them are subject to domestic abuse and are captive in unwanted marriages. One of our ways of approaching this issue is by taking calls of women in need […]
The Rackman Center was thrilled to attend a meeting at El Halev
On March 19th,The Rackman Center was thrilled to attend a meeting at El Halev in Jerusalem to meet both members of the Women’s Amuta Initiative along with representatives from the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s Israel and Overseas Allocation Committee. The aim of the meeting was to provide an understanding of the impact of the programs they […]
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day! The Human Rights Center at the University school of Law in Minnesota ran a special event in honor of International Women’s Day. Prof Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, UN Women’s Rights Expert, was invited as a visiting scholar on campus and spoke to groups in commemoration of women’s day. Prof. Kaddari is partnering with Prof. […]
CEDAW, the UN Committee
“This general Recommendation brings the Committee’s approach to equality in the family into the 21st Century”, says Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, a CEDAW expert who helped shape the General Recommendation for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW, the UN Committee. Click here for more details.
Women’s rights groups
Women’s rights groups insist rabbis are manipulating data to claim that there are more wives refusing to accept a religious divorce than there are husbands refusing to grant one. Click to read the full article in which Prof Ruth Halperin-Kaddari is quoted.
How can anyone have the right to appeal against someone else’s divorce
How can anyone have the right to appeal against someone else’s divorce? How can a Gett be at risk and even retroactively taken away? How can a woman never really feel that her status is secure after a divorce? Yesterday, Dr Galit Shaul participated and spoke at a protest together with other women’s organizations, including […]
An emergency meeting of women’s organizations
An emergency meeting of women’s organizations, including Dr Galit Shaul from The Rackman Center, was held ahead of MK Ayelet Shaked’s planned bill to base child support on both parents’ income and their involvement in the child’s care. Under the bill, Israel would no longer base child support on Jewish law, under which only the […]
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Rackman Center hosted a webinar meeting with the Domestic Violence Law Clinic
On Tuesday, December 6, the Rackman Center hosted a webinar meeting with the Domestic Violence Law Clinic at the Ankara University School of Law. The purpose of the meeting was to share knowledge and experience on the subject of access to justice for women in family law.