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Gaining public transportation, Arab women make history
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15/08/2010
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We are happy to share big news with you - Arab towns and villages will finally get bus routes! The Transportation Ministry recently announced that within two months, new public transportation bus lines will begin operating in Arab villages in the North and Center of Israel. What a great success for Kayan's "Women Demand Mobility" program! Read more about this and other great news in our latest newsletter 2/2010 on http://www.kayannewsletter.blogspot.com/
From the content:
--Welcoming New Staff, Board and Controlling Committee
--Thanks to Kayan`s Interns
--Kayan`s General Assembly 2010 Held in Majd al Krum
--Gaining Public Transportation, Arab Women Make History
News from "JUSUR (Bridges) - Developing and Institutionalizing the Grassroots Movement of Arab Women in Israel"
--"Women`s Activism for Social Change" Opens Third Round
--Forum of Arab Women Leaders Continues PR Training
--New Community Projects Started in Nahef and Majd al Krum
--News from Local Community Projects
News from the Legal Department
--New Publication about Dismissal Compensation
--New Publication about National Security Insurance Contributions
--New Publication about Civil and Mixed Marriage
--Roundtable Discusses Obedience Regulations in Religious Family Law
--Training Volunteers for Giving Emotional Support to Clients
--Forum for Sexual Harassment Prevention Discusses New Strategies
--Educating about legal protection against Sexual Harassment
--Court Agrees to Hear Kayan`s Legal Opinion in Celebrity Sexual Assault Case
--First Survey on Sexual Harassment at Work by Israeli Government Body Published
--A Case from the Legal Department: Why Should Your Children Stay With You?
News from "An Active Approach towards Personal Economy"
--New Workshop Group Starts in Yafia
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New Publication about National Security Insurance Contributions
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09/08/2010
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"Rights and Obligations of Women as to National Security Insurance Contributions" is the title of Kayan`s new brochure, encouraging uninsured women to pay the obligations so as not to forfeit their social rights. Many women are unaware that they have to pay contributions and believe that they are insured, including unmarried women who are unemployed and do not claim unemployment benefits, married women whose husbands are not employed and do not have social insurance, and pupils and students above the age of 18. The brochure details the process of payment and the consequences of failing to do so.
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Big success for "Women Demand Mobility"
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08/08/2010
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Israel`s Transportation Ministry announced in July that for the first time in Israel`s history, public transportation services will be offered to Arab settlements. Within two months, new public transportation bus lines will begin operating in Arab villages in the North and Center of Israel. Public transportation is planned to be introduced into all Arab towns and villages.
This is an unprecedented success for the rural Arab women who fought for mobility in their localities over the course of six years, through the project Women Demand Mobility facilitated by Kayan - Feminist Organization. Unable to travel from place to place, they were cut off from the work-force and economic activity, from health and social services, from educational institutions, and from participation in their communities.
"Friends, I want to attend an empowerment workshop, but it is difficult for me to come. If there is no man to drive me, I have to go by foot for an hour!" said a woman in Kayan`s empowerment group in 2003. This statement initiated the project, aiming to bring public transportation to all Arab towns and villages in Israel. At first, the women simply did by themselves what the state would not do for them. Only later, they realized that a reliable and sustainable service needs involvement from the state. This was the beginning of a major advocacy campaign directed towards the authorities, carried by women`s pressure groups in numerous villages, leading to today`s success.
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Lecture at 2010 Sikkuy Conference
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01/08/2010
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You are cordially invited to an upcoming lecture of Kayan's Legal Department Coordinator Shirin Batshon-Khoury.
On Wednesday, August 4, from 12:15 to 13:30, Shirin will participate in a panel at the 2010 Sikkuy conference "From Barriers to Opportunities – Mapping the barriers to equality and policy recommendations for achieving equality between the Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel".
Shirin's contribution "A view from the field" will be part of Plenary Session II – "Language and Communication Accessibility: Making government services accessible to Arab citizens – policy and practice".
The conference takes places from 9:30 to 16:00 at the Leonardo Hotel in Haifa. Please find an invitation to the conference, with information about directions, parking and registration, at http://www.sikkuy.org.il/docs/kenes2010.html (in Hebrew) or http://www.sikkuy.org.il/english/invitation2010.html (in English).
The conference will be conducted in Hebrew with simultaneous translation to English.
I hope that you will be able to participate.
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New Publication: Civil and Mixed Marriage (in Arabic)
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28/07/2010
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Kayan`s new brochure "Civil and Mixed Marriage" talks about the lack of civil marriage in Israel, where only religious parties have the authority to wed couples, and the legal details of a civil marriage abroad and its registration in Israel.
One target group of the publication is couples with mixed religions, who cannot get married in Israel at all. A civil marriage abroad has surprising legal implications for the divorce procedures, explains the brochure. Same religion couples must still divorce in their religion`s court. Only mixed couples can be divorced in a civil procedure, as no religion has authority.
"Divorce of civil marriages is a gray area in law and very complicated", Legal Department Coordinator Shirin Batshon-Khoury relates. "The message conveyed by such legislation is that you cannot avoid the religious family courts. This reinforces their vast authority in Israel."
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