Opening the New Year with a Festive Event for “Woman by Your Side” Volunteers
We opened the new year of activity with a festive event for our “Woman by Your Side” volunteers. For the first time, we brought together
November 11, 2025
We opened the new year of activity with a festive event for our “Woman by Your Side” volunteers. For the first time, we brought together
he State of Israel is falling behind in the fight against violence against women, because the law does not define “domestic violence.” Since the beginning
rs under physical violence from her husband. Later on, he was arrested and convicted of sexually assaulting her daughter and two other young relatives. However,
28 women have been murdered in Israel since early 2025. The murder of Hodaya Fadida shows the urgent need to address domestic violence in Israel.
After the Dinah The Dinah Project, that operates under the auspices of The Rackman Center, revealed dozens of testimonies of rape, sexual assault and intentional
Last week, we marked the completion of the psychotherapy internship year at the Rackman Center in the Faculty of Law at Bar-Ilan University. Through our
Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Founding Academic Director of the Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women, and Co-Founder of the Dinah Project in an article for the ICJW newsletter: “Israel is confronting multiple crises, and in times of crisis, women’s rights are often the first to be compromised.
The Rackman Center represented A, an Agunah (a woman chained to an unwanted marriage) for over 14 years, in a civil damages claim at Israel’s civil court, where she received compensation of NIS 5,000 for each month that her husband refused to grant her a Get (a Jewish bill of
For International Women’s Day 2025, the Rackman Center is appealing to the Israeli government: It’s time to take responsibility and act now to prevent domestic violence by updating the law to create a more effective framework for tackling the abuse of women and children. On Sunday March 9, the
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the civil service must improve the representation of women. The Rackman Center congratulates the Israel Women’s Network, Forum Dvorah and Na’amat on this important achievement. Attorney Keren Horowitz, CEO of the Rackman Center said: “We hope that the High Court will
“We need to include offenses that have remained outside the law, such as the rape of a minor who is not the child of the abuser but lives in his home, and we need to ensure the protection of other children. The burden of proof needs to shift. It is
The Dinah Project, that operates under the auspices of the Ruth and Emanuel Rackman Center for the Advancement of Women, is an initiative led by a group of experts in law, gender, and civil society, working to achieve recognition and justice for survivors of sexual violence in conflicts—especially for those