IPF Atid Bay Area, the Bay Area JCRC, and New Israel Fund NewGen present Women, Peace, and Security: Itach Ma'aki and the Fight for Social Justice in Israel with Dr. Nida Shagari and Netta Loevy. Nida and Netta will discuss United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, on women, peace, and security, which acknowledged the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and girls, and how Itach-Ma'aki works to create a society in which the needs of disenfranchised Arab and Jewish women are addressed and the voices of these women are heard in public/policy discourse.
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Time: 6 - 8pm PT
Location: Bay Area Federation
This event is intended for young professionals between 21-39.
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IPF Atid is the young professionals network of Israel Policy Forum, an organization dedicated to advancing support for a viable two-state solution that safeguards Israeli security. It is a community comprised of informed and empowered young professionals working to advance a more pragmatic, nuanced conversation addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
JCRC Bay Area is the largest collective voice of the Jewish community across San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. We advocate for Jews to be able to live their own authentic Jewish lives and believe that by working together with other communities, the full vibrancy and diversity of Jewish identity will be embraced and celebrated. We mobilize Bay Area Jews and our allies to counter antisemitism and rising hate, advance social justice, strengthen civic engagement, and ensure a combined response to critical issues we all face.
Itach Ma'aki—Women Lawyers for Social Justice was established in 2001 to give voice to women subject to social, geographic, national, ethnic and economic discrimination in Israeli society. The Association’s vision is that Israeli law will reflect the unique perspectives of women from all social groups and ensure that they are able to fully exercise their rights. In order to achieve its goal, the Association provides free legal aid and representation for women, in various areas of the law, at each of its branches in Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva and Haifa. As part of its mission, Itach Ma’aki promotes multi-cultural gender discourse within diverse Israeli communities, including Palestinian, Haredi, Ethiopian-Israeli, and Russian-speaking communities, as well as in many areas of employment. Together with women from various communities, the Association promotes female leadership through the creation of innovative community models, which contribute to the development of unique and groundbreaking legal feminist projects. The Association also advocates wide-ranging policies in the Knesset, the High Court of Justice and various government ministries, and has had significant achievements in this area, which have impacted many groups of women.
Dr. Nida Shoughry, Co-Director of UNSCR 1325 Project, at Itach-Ma’aki: Women Lawyers for Social justice. A lecturer and researcher in the fields of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and social movement theory. A former journalist and an activist committed to human rights and cultural diversity. Nida holds a PhD in International Politics and a master's degree in journalism. A Fulbrighter, and a graduate of the prestigious Mandel Program for Social Leadership. Nida is the author of the book "Israeli-Arab" Political Mobilization: Between Acquiescence, Participation, and Resistance.
Atty. Netta Loevy, Co-Director of the UNSCR 1325 project at Itach Ma’aki has been a staff attorney at Itach Maaki since 2012. Prior to joining Itach Maaki, Netta was a documentary filmmaker and a journalist, and worked as a news correspondent and anchor-woman for Channel 10, as an editor at the daily Yediot Aharonot newspaper and as an editor and correspondent for several radio stations in Israel.
