The movement founders are long-time social and political activist Carmen Elmakiyes Amos and Sapir Sluzker Amran. For a decade, we have been fighting together with and for communities living in poverty; with residents of public housing; with women, and prisoners, who have survived violence; against police brutality; in defense of the freedom of protest; with the LGBTQ+ community, and more.

Sapir and Carmen founded the civil and intersectional feminist grassroots movement “Breaking walls” (“Shovrot Kirot”) in 2019. Shovrot Kirot goal is to organize people, locally and nationally, around campaigns for underprivileged populations living in poverty, violence against women, the right to housing, the LGBTQ community, and ending police brutality while working to promote solidarity between struggles towards a strong and feminist political power.

The movement’s founders, Carmen and Sapir, where chosen as Women of the Year by Keshet channel for their work in 2021, as one of the 50 must influence women in Israel for 2022 by Forbes magazine, and Women of the Year for International women’s day 2022 by the top morning show in Israel.