Tal Kramer
Former Executive Director of Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel
Working with women who have been raped or sexually abused, you must listen to hear their particular needs, desires, and voices. They are so varied and so different from each other. Everyone reacts differently in the world of sexual abuse, and each person has a different way of coping. [..]
Khawla Dawoud Ahmad Alazraq
Director of Psycho-Social Counseling Women’s Center
The occupation puts immense pressure on women. The men used to earn incomes by working in Israel, now they cannot go to Israel. They are frustrated, cannot feed their kids, and do not feel like real fathers who can support their families. This expresses itself in violence against women and children. [...]
Hekmat Bessiso Naji
Project Assistant with Medico International for health services
The world hides its ears and eyes from the miserable life of the refugees in the camps in Gaza and the West Bank. The issue is not just living here, but who’s responsible for this and when will this change. For refugees, all our lives have been under a question mark. [...]
Yehudit Sidikman
Founder and Senior Instructor at El HaLev martial arts center
I don’t care where you come from. Female? You have the right to stand up for yourself and to know that if he gets upset and starts getting violent, you will be able to hurt him. You hope you don’t have to but if you know you have the tools to fight back, you’ll take the chance to say, “Don’t talk to me like that.” Self-defense martial arts are equalizing. And we work with women from all different populations, with no politics. [...]
Chana Pasternak
Director of Kolech–Religious Women’s Forum
The men always express themselves, and they are heard, but the voices, especially of religious women, aren’t heard. And all religious responsibility has been for men, very little for women. It’s time women should be heard. [...]
Tamar Borer
Therapist and artist of multidisciplinary stage creations
The courage to live is the greatest courage we can have. The courage to accept death as part of our daily life is probably the major gate through which we can realize freedom.
