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Appendix 1: countrywide and regional organizations encouraging on-discriminatory hiring practices, by target population.

Appendix 1
Countrywide and Regional Organizations Encouraging
on-Discriminatory Hiring Practices, by Target Population

Name & Website        Background, Targets       Target population

1. GENERAL PUBLIC OR SEVERAL TARGET GROUPS

Adva Center           Founded in 1991.          Disadvantaged
                      Action-oriented Israeli   groups: Arab citizens,
www.adva.org          policy analysis center    women, new
                      monitoring inequality     immigrants, etc.
Located in Tel Aviv   and conducting public
                      education projects.

Ahot                  Established in 1999 as    Mizrahi women,
                      a Mizrahi feminist        including Ethiopian
www.ahoti.org.il      movement to voice and     women
                      address the needs of
Located in Tel Aviv   women in the social
                      periphery of Israel.

Be-aztmi               Founded in 1995.         Poor, unemployed
                       Target is integration
www.be-atzmi.org.il    of unemployed and poor
                       people into the labor
Located in Jaffa       market.

Economic              Founded in 1997 by        Low-income women
Empowerment of        feminist activists with
Women                 the aim of promoting
                      the socio-economic
www.womensown.org     independence women of
                      through small
Located in Haifa.     businesses.

Israel Women's        Established in 1984;      Women in Israel
Network               devoted to improving
                      the
                      status of women in
www.iwn.org.il        Israel.

Located in Tel Aviv

Itach-Women           Founded in 2001 by        Low-income women
Lawyers for Social    feminist legal
Justice               professionals.
                      Committed to promoting
www.itach.org.il      social justice for
                      women through legal
3 offices: Tel        action.
Aviv,                 Focuses on employment
Beer-Sheba, Haifa     rights, welfare
                      benefits,
                      public housing and
                      against women.

KqV Laoved            Founded in 1991.          Workers
                      Protecting the rights
www.kavlaoved.        of disadvantaged
org.il                workers employed in
                      Israel, and Israelis in
4 offices: Tel        the Occupied
Aviv, Beer            Territories, including
Sheba, Jerusalem,     Palestinians migrant
Haifa                 workers, subcontracted
                      workers and new
                      immigrants.

Mghut Center-         Founded in 2004.          Low-income women in
Information,          Concentrates on           the North
Guidance and          employment
Employment for        empowerment for low-
Women                 income women, Jewish
                      and Arab.
Located in Haifa.

Supportive            Established in 2003 by    Women in Israel
Community-            a group of recent
Women's Business      Soviet immigrant
Development           business women. Mission
Center                is to assist women in
                      setting up small
www.svivatomehet.     businesses toimprove
org.il                their socio-economic
                      status.
Located in Tel Aviv

The Association       Founded in 1972.          All citizens and
for Civil Rights in   Promotes civil and        inhabitants
Israel                socio-economic rights
                      in Israel and in the
www.acri.org.il       Territories.

3 offices:
Jerusalem,
Tel Aviv, Haifa

Women's Budget        Established in 2004 as    Women in Israel
Forum                 a coalition of women's
                      and human rights
www.wbf.org.il        organizations to work
                      for women's fair share
Located in Tel Aviv   of the budget.

Yedid:                Established in 1997 to    Low-income Israelis
Association for       promote social and
Community             economic justice in
Empowerment           Israel through
                      empowerment of
www.yedid.org.il      underprivileged
                      populations.
18 centers

2. ARAB CITIZENS AND CO-EXISTENCE

Adalah, The           Founded in 1996.          Arabs in Israel
Legal Center for      Works to achieve
Arab Minority         equal individual and
Rights in Israel.     collective rights
                      for the Arab minority
www.adalah.org        in Israel
                      in different fields,
Located in Haifa      including land rights;
                      civil and political
                      rights; cultural,
                      social,
                      and economic rights;
                      religious rights;
                      women's rights; and
                      prisoner's rights.

Ajeek- Arab           Established by the        Arabs, notably
Jewish Center for     Negev Institute for       Bedouins in the Negev
Equality              Strategies of Peace &
Empowerment &         Development in 2000.
Cooperation           Acts to promote socio-
                      economic development      Arab-Jewish
www.nisped.org.il     of Arabs, with the        cooperation
                      target of achieving
Sheba                 and cooperation between
                      Arabs and Jews in
                      Israel.

AI Ahgli Center       Established in 1999 to    Arab citizens
for Community         promote grassroots
Development           activism among Arabs
                      in Israel. Most
www.ahali.org         projects are
                      concentrated in
Located in            the fields of education
Nazareth.             and employment.

I'Iam Media           Founded in 2000 by        Arab citizens &
Center for Arab       Arab journalists and      especially
Palestinians          in academics. Targets     Arab journalists
Israel                are democratization of
                      the Israeli media,
www.ilamcenter.org    promotion of fair and
                      equal treatment of Arab
Located in Nazareth   citizens in the media
                      and achieving equal
                      access to the Israeli
                      media.

Kayan Feminist        Founded in 1998.          Arab Women in Israel,
Organization          Works to empower          mainly in the North
                      Arab women in all         and Center.
www.kaYan.org         fields, with an
                      emphasis on
Located in Haifa      education and
                      employment.

Ma'an- Forum of       Founded in 2001, Ma'an    Arab Bedouin women
Bedouin Women's       is a coalition of 12      in the Negev.
Organizations in      organizations active in
the Negev             the Negev region. Focus
                      is on personal status,
Located in Beer       education and the
Sheba.                employment of Bedouin
                      Women in the Negev.

Mossawa Center        Established in 1997. An   Arabs in Israel
                      advocacy center
www.mossawa.org       working to promote
                      the political, social
Located in Haifa      and economic rights
                      of Arabs in Israel.

Sawt-el-Amel          Founded in 2000.          Mainly Arabs, workers
(The Laborer's        Works to promote the      and unemployed
Voice                 rights of Arab citizens   living in the North of
                      in Israel to work and     Israel.
www.laborers-         receive social
voice.org             security; strives to
                      eradicate discrimi-
Located in Nazareth   nation against Arabs
                      in the North of Israel

Sikkuy, The           Founded in 1991 as a      Arabs in Israel
Association for       Jewish-Arab
the                   advocacy
Advancement of        organization;
Civic Equality in     promotes equality
Israel                between Jews and
                      Arabs, as well as
www.sikkuy.org.il     shared citizenship.

2 offices: Haifa
and Jerusalem

The Center for        Founded in 1988 by        Arab citizens
Jewish-Arab           Arab and Jewish
Economic              business people. The
Development           center strives to
                      promote
                      economic development
www.ciaed.ora.il      and economic
                      cooperation between
Located in Herzliya   Arabs and Jews.

3. ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS

Israel Association    Founded in 1994 to        Ethiopian Jews
for EthiEthiopian     promote the integration
Jews                  of Ethiopian Jews into
                      Israeli society.
www.aiej.co.il

Located in
Jerusalem

Tebeka--              Founded in 1999 by         Ethiopian Jews
Advocacy for          lawyers Tebeka
Equality and          ("justice") is a legal
Justice for           aid and advocacy
Ethiopian             organization engaged in
Israelis              protecting the civil
                      rights of Ethiopian
www.tebeka.org.il     Israelis and
                      promoting social
3 offices: Tel        justice and
Aviv,                 integration.
Rehovot, Netanya

Tech Career

(no website, for      Established in 2003.      Young, talented
details see           Engages in computer       Ethiopian immigrants
www.aiej.co.il).      training and placement
                      of Ethiopian youngsters
                      in the high-tech
                      industry.

Located in Kibbutz
Nahshon

Telem Program of      Integrates young          Ethiopian Israelis
the kibbutz           Ethiopian immigrants      after army service
movement              into the workforce and
                      increases integration
                      of Ethiopian Israelis
                      into Israeli society.

Zinuk BaliYah         Began as a project of     Ethiopian Jews
                      Tebeka; established as
Located in Tel Aviv   a separate organization
                      in 2006. Aims to
                      integrate Ethiopian
                      academics into high-
                      income, prestigious
                      positions and create a
                      well-connected
                      Ethiopian leadership.

4. IMMIGRANTS FROM THE CAUCASUS AND BUKHARA

World Congress        Founded by Lev            Bukharan immigrants
of Bukharan Jews      the Congress
                      serves as a roof
Located in            organization for the
Ramat Gan.            Bukharan community in
                      Israel.

Covenant of           Set up in 1972 to         Bukharan immigrants
Bukharans in          represent the Bukharan
Israel                community in Israel.

Located in Tel
Aviv

Association of        Founded in 2006 by        Caucasian immigrants
Caucasian Jews,       young Caucasians, in an
2006                  attempt to replace the
                      old leadership and
Located in            serve as a roof
Netanya               organization for
                      the Caucasian
                      community in Israel.

Keshev                A self-help               Caucasian immigrants
                      organization
www.keshev-k.com      founded in 2006 by
                      young Caucasian
Located in Or Akiva   immigrants. Works to
                      integrate young people
                      from from the Caucasian
                      community into higher
                      education, military
                      service (women) and
                      employment.

Name & Website        Activities to promote     Strategies
                      non-discriminatory
                      employment
                      practices

1. GENERAL PUBLIC OR SEVERAL TARGET GROUPS

Adva Center           * Researching             * Policy analysis;
                      employment and
www.adva.org          related issues            * Advocacy;
                      concerning
Located in Tel Aviv   disadvantaged             * Popular education.
                      groups;

                      * Advocating for policy
                      changes in favor of
                      disadvantaged groups
                      in many areas,
                      including
                      employment;

                      * Conducting a
                      budget analysis
                      program;

                      * Operating popular
                      education programs
                      on a variety of
                      socio-economic issues,
                      among them
                      employment.

Ahot                  * Operating a women's     * Entrepreneurship
                      community kitchen in      training and
www.ahoti.org.il      Jerusalem;                monitoring;

Located in Tel Aviv   * Training women in       * Marketing
                      small business            assistance.
                      initiatives and
                      supporting a group of
                      women immigrants
                      from Bukhara;

                      * Operating a feminist
                      shop selling products
                      of Ethiopian artists
                      from the development
                      town of Kiryat Gat.

Be-aztmi              * Conducting group        * Entrepreneurship
                      seminars on               training,
www.be-atzmi.org.il   entrepreneurship and
                      individual mentoring;     * Job placement;
Located in Jaffa
                      * Creating pools of       * Monitoring of job
                      employers and             placement;
                      support networks;

                      * Operating Tevet         * Employability
                      programs: "Eshet          training and
                      Chayil" and "Avi          empowerment;
                      Chayil" for Ethiopian
                      immigrants in 16          * Vocational
                      locations & a program     training.
                      for poor Ethiopian
                      families in 8
                      communities;
                      operating the "Strive"
                      program in Tel Aviv;

                      * Operating a variety
                      of employment
                      programs for older
                      workers and for young
                      workers in rural
                      communities.

Economic              * Conducting the          * Micro-
Empowerment of        micro-credit project "A   entrepreneurshi p;
Women                 Business of Her Own";
                                                * Business mentoring
www.womensown.org     * Conducting              and training;
                      empowerment
Located in Haifa.     courses;                  * Employability
                                                empowerment
                      * Providing business
                      mentoring, in
                      collaboration with
                      Mati centers and other
                      NGOs.

Israel Women's        * Operating the Tevet     * Advocacy-legal &
Network               Eshet Chayil program      parliamentary;
                      for Caucasian and
www.iwn.org.il        Bukharan women;           * Legal aid on
                                                workplace issues
Located in Tel Aviv   * Advocating for          relevant to women.
                      women's employment
                      rights and against
                      gender discrimination;

                      * Providing legal aid
                      on workplace
                      rights to
                      individual women;

                      * Key player in the
                      establishment of the
                      Commission for Equal
                      Employment
                      Opportunities in 2007.

Itach-Women           * Providing legal aid     * Advocacy;
Lawyers for Social    to individual women on
Justice               employment and            * Employability
                      welfare issues,           training and
www.itach.org.il      including workplace       empowerment;
                      discrimination;
3 offices: Tel                                  * Legal aid on
Aviv,                 * Operating a legal       employment, social
Beer-Sheba, Haifa     hotline;                  security, welfare
                                                and housing.
                      * Advocating for
                      women's rights;
                      * Conducting courses
                      for women to promote
                      access to the courts.

KqV Laoved            * Advocating for fair     * Advocacy- legal
                      employment policies       and policy;
www.kavlaoved.        and workers' rights;
org.il                exposure of               * Legal aid on
                      employment                secure or redress
4 offices: Tel        discrimination.           workers' rights.
Aviv, Beer            * Legal aid to
Sheba, Jerusalem,     workplace rights.
Haifa

Mghut Center-         * Conducting              * Employability
Information,          employment                empowerment and
Guidance and          empowerment               training;
Employment for        courses for poor
Women                 women;                    * Job placement;

Located in Haifa.     * Conducting              * Monitoring.
                      employability training:
                      computer literacy, job
                      seeking skills;

                      *Arranging vocational
                      training for women in
                      cooperation with
                      private training
                      institutions;

                      * Job placement and
                      mentoring.

Supportive            * Providing individual    Encouragement of
Community-            and group business        small business
Women's Business      consultation and          entrepreneurship;
Development           mentoring;
Center                                          * Business support
                      * Assisting women to      services.
www.svivatomehet.     access loans, in
org.il                cooperation with
                      Koret Funds;
Located in Tel Aviv
                      * Organizing fairs and
                      trade shows to
                      promote marketing of
                      the products of
                      participants and
                      graduates.

The Association       * Advocating for          * Advocacy on
for Civil Rights in   human rights,             employment and
Israel                employment rights         other social policy
                      and anti-discrimination   issues;
www.acri.org.il       through litigation,
                      parliamentary             * Legal aid on
3 offices:            lobbying, media           workplace rights and
Jerusalem,            campaigns and             workplace
Tel Aviv, Haifa       education programs in     discrimination (and
                      schools;                  many other issues).

                      * Publishing reports on
                      human rights violations
                      in Israel and the
                      Territories;

                      * Formulating bills and
                      court appeals on
                      equal opportunity for
                      Arab citizens;
                      * Providing legal aid
                      in individual cases of
                      discrimination.

Women's Budget        * Advocating for          * Advocacy in
Forum                 gender-responsive         parliament &
                      budgeting;                government offices;
www.wbf.org.il
                      * Advocating for          * Circulation of
Located in Tel Aviv   specific changes in       position papers;
                      the national budget
                      that benefit women;       * Capacity-building
                                                for members;
                      * Among the focus
                      areas: removing           * Outreach work.
                      employment barriers
                      for Arab women &
                      obtaining vocational
                      training for low-
                      income women.

Yedid:                * Operating rights and    * Legal rights
Association for       empowerment centers       centers;
Community             for low-income Israelis
Empowerment           throughout the            * Advocacy;
                      country;                  Advocacy;
www.yedid.org.il
                      * Advocating in           * Courses to improve
18 centers            Knesset & the media       home finance and
                      on welfare, housing,      work-seeking skills.
                      food security,
                      employment and
                      unemployment;

                      * Operating a mobile
                      rights and health
                      center in the Arab
                      sector in the North;

                      * Conducting job-
                      seeking skills courses
                      & empowerment groups
                      for low-income and
                      single parent women
                      & a small business
                      awareness program.

2. ARAB CITIZENS AND CO-EXISTENCE

Adalah, The           * Initiating litigation   Legal and media
Legal Center for      on employment and         advocacy;
Arab Minority         related issues, such as
Rights in Israel.     economic                  * Legal aid &
                      development,              litigation
www.adalah.org        resource allocation       on workplace rights.
                      and National
Located in Haifa      Insurance benefits;

                      * Providing
                      consultations to
                      individuals, no
                      governmental
                      organizations, and
                      organizations,
                      Arab institutions.

                      * Advocating vis-a-vis
                      state authorities
                      regarding the rights of
                      the Arab minority.

Ajeek- Arab           * Collecting data on      * Advocacy on
Jewish Center for     the employment and        employment and
Equality              development of Arab       development in the
Empowerment &         Bedouins in the           Negev;
Cooperation           Negev;
                                                * Vocational
www.nisped.org.il     * Conducting              training &
                      vocational training       employability
Sheba                 courses combined          empowerment;
                      with entrepreneurship
                      for Bedouin women         * Entrepreneurship-
                      and men in the            training &
                      Negev, in cooperation     organizational
                      with Tevet and the        support;
                      Ministry of Labor;
                                                * Mentoring and
                      * Initiating and
                      monitoring.
                      supporting local
                      businesses based on
                      traditional skills
                      (Lakiya weaving and
                      jewelry workshop, Hura
                      catering for single
                      mothers, sheep
                      breeders' corporation);

                      * Established an Arab
                      Bedouin business
                      forum in the Negev.

Al Ahali Center       * Founding &              * Advocacy on
for Community         supporting an             agricultural issues;
Development           association of Arab
                      farmers, the aim of       * Employability
www.ahali.org         which is to upgrade       training and
                      their products and        empowerment;
Located in            production;
Nazareth.                                       * Encouraging
                      * Training and            entrepreneurship.
                      supporting rural
                      women in agriculture,
                      focusing on creating
                      small businesses
                      involving traditional
                      agricultural products,
                      like olive oil and
                      herbs.

I'Iam Media           * Operating a Media       * Advocacy on media
Center for Arab       Rights Program-           representation of
Palestinians          advocacy and              Arab citizens;
Israel                monitoring of the
                      coverage of the Arab      * Empowerment
www.ilamcenter.org    sector by Israeli         training of Arab
                      media;                    journalists;
Located in Nazareth
                      * Operating training      * Assistance and
                      programs for Arab         monitoring of job
                      journalists and           placement.
                      assisting with their
                      integration
                      into mainstream
                      media.

Kayan Feminist        * Advocating a            * Advocacy; Advocacy;
Organization          development policy
                      that will encourage       * Employability
www.kaYan.org         the employment of         empowerment;
                      Arab women,
Located in Haifa      addressing issues such    * Mentoring programs;
                      as mobility problems &
                      gender roles in the       * Legal aid on
                      household;.               workplace rights.

                      * Conducting
                      empowerment
                      courses for Arab
                      women on
                      employment issues;

                      * Providing individual
                      legal aid on
                      employment rights.

Ma'an- Forum of       * Publishing periodic     * Advocacy on the
Bedouin Women's       reports and conducting    status of Bedouin
Organizations in      conferences on the        women, especially on
the Negev             employment and            employment issues.
                      welfare status of
Located in Beer       Bedouin women;
Sheba.
                      * Assisting
                      organizations
                      active in the field of
                      employment.

Mossawa Center        * Advocating in the       * Advocacy on budget
                      Knesset and               allocations and
www.mossawa.org       government;               economic
                                                development.
Located in Haifa      * Analyzing budgets
                      allocated to the Arab
                      sector;

                      * Conducting public
                      information
                      campaigns.

Sawt-el-Amel          * Monitoring Mahalev      * Advocacy on
(The Laborer's        (welfare-to-work          employment and
Voice                 program);                 social security
                                                issues;
www.laborers-         * Conducting legal
voice.org             and parliamentary         * Legal aid on
                      advocacy on               workplace rights;
Located in Nazareth   unemployment issues;
                                                * Employability
                      * Operating a forum for   empowerment of
                      Arab women on             workers.
                      employment.

Sikkuy, The           * Monitoring and          * Advocacy- legal,
Association for       promoting civic           parliamentary &
the                   equality programs in      among employers;
Advancement of        the public and private
Civic Equality in     sectors;                  * Job-seeking
Israel                                          assistance.
                      * Advocating
www.sikkuy.org.il     employment equity
                      and fair representation
2 offices: Haifa      of Arab citizens in the
and Jerusalem         public and private
                      sectors;

                      * Operating a
                      database of Arab
                      college graduates
                      and a want-ads
                      service;

                      * Promoting municipal
                      cooperation between
                      neighboring Jewish
                      and Arab
                      communities,
                      including promotion of
                      shared industrial
                      zones.

The Center for        * Creating networks of    * Entrepreneurship
Jewish-Arab           Arab and Jewish           support;
Economic              businesspeople and
Development           promoting joint           * Business mentoring;
                      ventures;
                                                * Loan fund operation;
www.ciaed.ora.il      * Conducting Conducting
                      entrepreneurship          * Advocacy.
Located in Herzliya   training and
                      mentoring in the Arab
                      sector;

                      * Operating a loan
                      fund for small
                      businesses set up by
                      women to assist Arab
                      business persons in
                      accessing credit;

                      * Operating a unique
                      MBA program in which
                      Jewish and Arab Israeli
                      students learn
                      alongside their
                      Palestinian
                      counterparts, in
                      English, at Haifa
                      University.

3. ETHIOPIAN          * Monitoring the          * Advocacy-
IMMIGRANTS            absorption of             parliamentary, within
                      Ethiopian Jews into       government offices
Israel Association    Israel;                   and among
for EthiEthiopian                               employers;
Jews
                                                * Employability
www.aiej.co.il                                  empowerment and
                                                training;
Located in            * Advocating vis-a-vis
Jerusalem             government and            * Job placement.
                      parliament;

                      * Operating an
                      employment program
                      for university
                      graduates, with Yedid,
                      matching job seekers
                      with employers;

                      * Establishing an
                      Employer's Council to
                      promote hiring of
                      Ethiopian Jews.

Tebeka--              * Providing legal aid     * Employability
Advocacy for          on employment issues      empowerment;
Equality and          via empowerment
Justice for           seminars on legal         * Job placement;
Ethiopian             rights;
Israelis                                        * Advocacy- general,
                      * Anti discrimination     legal;
www.tebeka.org.il     advocacy;
                                                * Legal aid on
3 offices: Tel        * Operating a job         workplace rights.
Aviv,                 placement program
Rehovot, Netanya      assisting Law School
                      graduates to find
                      clerking positions and
                      jobs in prestigious law
                      firms;

                      * Operating an
                      empowerment
                      program for young
                      Ethiopian
                      professionals.

Tech Career           * Conducting a one-       * Vocational training;
                      year training program,
(no website, for      under boarding-school     * Employability
details see           conditions in a           training;
www.aiej.co.il).      kibbutz, including
                      placement of graduates    * Job placement.
Located in Kibbutz    in jobs and follow-up;
Nahshon
                      * Conducting short
                      courses for various
                      high-tech professions.

Telem Program of      Operating a one -year     * Employability
the kibbutz           intensive study and       training;
movement              work program in a
                      kibbutz.                  * Vocational training;

                                                * Support services.

Zinuk BaliYah         * Conducting              * Employability
                      employability and         training and
Located in Tel Aviv   empowerment               empowerment;
                      courses for university
                      graduates (business       * Advocacy among
                      English, marketing        employers;
                      skills etc.);
                                                * Job placement and
                      * Advocating among        subsequent
                      employers;                monitoring.

                      * Job placement of
                      program graduates
                      and follow-up.

4. IMMIGRANTS FROM THE CAUCASUS AND BUKHARA

World Congress        * Operating               * Employment support
of Bukharan Jews      employment centers        & job training.
                      and vocational
Located in            training programs, in
Ramat Gan.            cooperation with local
                      authorities (Ramie and
                      Bat Yam as examples).

Covenant of           * Operating an            * Employability
Bukharans in          employment center;        training;
Israel
                                                * Job placement.
Located in Tel        * Offering workshops
Aviv                  that prepare job
                      seekers for work
                      interviews.

Association of
Caucasian Jews,
2006

Located in
Netanya

Keshev                * Operating an internet    * Assistance with job
                      forum on employment,       seeking.
www.keshev-k.com      including job ads,
                      guidance in CV-
Located in Or Akiva   writing and job-
                      seeking.

Name & Website        Type of organization

1. GENERAL PUBLIC OR SEVERAL TARGET GROUPS

Adva Center           Independent NGO

www.adva.org

Located in Tel Aviv   Initiator of Women's
                      Budget Forum.

Ahot                  Independent NGO

www.ahoti.org.il      Membership in
                      Women's Budget
Located in Tel Aviv   Forum

Be-aztmi              Independent NGO

www.be-atzmi.org.il   Contractor for Tevet

Located in Jaffa

Economic              Independent NGO
Empowerment of
Women
                      Cooperates with Mati
www.womensown.org     centers, Koret
                      Development Funds,
Located in Haifa.     Hapoalim Bank &
                      other NGOs

Israel Women's        Independent NGO
Network
                      Contractor for Tevet
www.iwn.org.il

Located in Tel Aviv

Itach-Women           Independent NGO
Lawyers for Social
Justice               Member of coalitions:
                      Women's Budget
www.itach.org.il      Forum & Forum for
                      Enforcement of
3 offices: Tel        Workers' Rights.
Aviv,
Beer-Sheba, Haifa

KqV Laoved            Independent NGO

www.kavlaoved.        * Initiator (with the
org.il                Adva Center) of the
                      Forum for
4 offices: Tel        Enforcement of
Aviv, Beer            Worker's Rights, a
Sheba, Jerusalem,     coalition of 5
Haifa                 organizations.

Mghut Center-         Independent NGO
Information,
Guidance and          Contractor for Tevet
Employment for
Women

Located in Haifa.

Supportive            Independent NGO
Community-
Women's Business
Development
Center

www.svivatomehet.
org.il

Located in Tel Aviv

The Association       Independent NGO
for Civil Rights in
Israel                Participation in
                      coalitions: Forum for
www.acri.org.il       Enforcement of
                      Workers' Rights,
3 offices:            Women's Budget
Jerusalem,            Forum.

Tel Aviv, Haifa

Women's Budget        Coalition of 30
Forum                 organizations

www.wbf.org.il

Located in Tel Aviv

Yedid:                Independent NGO
Association for
Community             Contractor for Tevet
Empowerment

www.yedid.org.il

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2. ARAB CITIZENS AND CO-EXISTENCE

Adalah, The           Independent NGO.
Legal Center for
Arab Minority
Rights in Israel.     Membership in
                      coalition: Women's
www.adalah.org        Budget Forum

Located in Haifa

Ajeek- Arab           Part of the Negev
Jewish Center for     Institute for Strategies
Equality              of Peace &
Empowerment &         Development.
Cooperation
                      Contractor for Tevet
www.nisped.org.il

Sheba

AI Ahgli Center       Independent NGO
for Community
Development
                      Membership in
www.ahali.org         Women's Budget
                      Forum
Located in
Nazareth.

I'Iam Media           Independent NGO
Center for Arab
Palestinians
Israel

www.ilamcenter.org

Located in Nazareth

Kayan Feminist          Independent
Organization            NGO

www.kaYan.org           Membership in
                        Women's Budget
Located in Haifa        Forum

Ma'an- Forum of       A coalition of NGO'S
Bedouin Women's
Organizations in
the Negev

Located in Beer
Sheba.

Mossawa Center        Independent NGO

www.mossawa.org       Membership in
                      Women's Budget
Located in Haifa      Forum

Sawt-el-Amel          Independent NGO
(The Laborer's
Voice

www.laborers-
voice.org

Located in Nazareth

Sikkuy, The           Independent NGO
Association for
the
Advancement of
Civic Equality in
Israel

www.sikkuy.org.il

2 offices: Haifa
and Jerusalem

The Center for        Independent NGO

Jewish-Arab

Economic              Cooperates with

Development           government agencies
                      & Mati centers.
www.ciaed.ora.il

Located in Herzliya

3. ETHIOPIAN          Independent NGO
IMMIGRANTS
                      Contractor for Tevet
Israel Association
for EthiEthiopian
Jews

www.aiej.co.il

Located in
Jerusalem

Tebeka--              Independent NGO
Advocacy for
Equality and
Justice for
Ethiopian
Israelis

www.tebeka.org.il

3 offices: Tel
Aviv,
Rehovot, Netanya

Tech Career           Independent NGO

(no website, for      Cooperation with the
details see           John Bryce, Microsoft and Matrix
www.aiej.co.il).      corporations.

Located in Kibbutz    As of 2008, the Ministry
Nahshon               of Industry is a partner
                      to the project

Telem Program of      The program is
the kibbutz           supported by the
movement              Ministry of Absorption.
                      Main sponsor:
                      International
                      Fellowship of Christians
                      and Jews

Zinuk BaliYah         Independent NGO

Located in Tel Aviv

4. IMMIGRANTS FROM THE CAUCASUS AND BUKHARA

World Congress        Independent NGO
of Bukharan Jews

Located in
Ramat Gan.

Covenant of           Independent NGO
Bukharans in
Israel

Located in Tel
Aviv

Association of        Independent NGO
Caucasian Jews,
2006

Located in
Netanya

Keshev                Independent NGO

www.keshev-k.com

Located in Or Akiva
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Title Annotation:Non-discriminatory hiring practices in Israel towards Arab Citizens, Ethiopian Israelis and new immigrants from Bukhara and the Caucasus
Author:Dagan-Buzaglo, Noga
Publication:Employment
Article Type:Appendix
Geographic Code:7ISRA
Date:Nov 1, 2008
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Best practices and recommendations.
References.
Appendix 2: non-discriminatory initiatives undertaken by government.
Appendix 3: non-discriminatory hiring initiatives undertaken by the business sector.

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