Coalitions and Cooperations

Local cooperations:

The Haifa Women's Coalition-sharing a house together with 3 other feminist groups (Isha L'Isha-Feminist Center, Haifa Battered Women's Hotline, and Haifa Rape Crisis Center), all working to promote gender equality and combat gender-based violence. The organizations work jointly and independently on issues of common concern.

The City of Haifa - Women's Council.

Regional and National cooperations:

The Working Group for Equality in Personal Status, a coalition working to advocate, lobby and educate for awareness for achieving legal equality in the personal status laws (relating to family laws, child marriage, inheritance).

The WBG-Women's Budget Group for gender analysis and advocacy to engender the Israeli national budget, initiated and coordinated by ADVA-Institute for Social Research and Policy

The Working Group on the Rights of Palestinian Women Citizens of Israel, preparing an updated shadow report to present to the UN CEDAW committee sessions, (Convention for Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) in July 2005.

Ittijah - a national coalition of Palestinian NGO's working in Israel.

Fiscal Sponsorship for ASWAT
ASWAT meaning Voices-is a group of Palestinian Lesbian feminist women, setting up a new organization. Housed in Kayan, we are a fiscal sponsor for their funding and provide a framework for them to work within our organization. These women are the first to organize activities and create services to meet the needs of the Palestinian lesbian community, one which is not yet out for fear of social consequences and threats to their safety and livelihood.

International cooperations:

The UN Committee on the Status of Women, Beijing +10 Review sessions in March 2005, initiating a delegation to the CSW, and preparing and presenting a report.

The Euro-Med Social Platform for Civil Society.

Cooperation with Institutions, Government and Communities

We use our expertise in gender issues and in women's rights and status to build dialogues and cooperative work with local Arab authorities, government agencies, and community centers.