TANDI - The Movement of Democratic Women in Israel

TANDI is an Arab-Jewish organization founded in 1948. The movement focuses on Arab women who are citizens of Israel, many from small villages in the northern and central regions. Its main areas of activity are equality for women, children’s rights, peace and democracy. Group activities focus on young Palestinian women with the objective of empowering and educating them about their rights at a significant phase in their lives.
The organization also implements bi-national activities, bringing together Jewish and Palestinian women to get to know one another and work together for the promotion of change in power relations between men and women in both societies. TANDI has extensive experience in empowerment workshops for disadvantaged women through literacy classes, skills training, health instruction, and other programs.

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The project "A New Young Women Leadership" focuses on a series of training courses with the aim to educate young Arab women about their rights in a democratic society, and to empower them to participate and demand full political equality. The organization seeks to build a strong, reliable, professional staff of young women who are interested in communal activism. Workshops and training courses are organized and implemented in different areas – Galilee, North Triangle and South Triangle, as well as in the cities of Jaffa, Ramlah, Akko, and Haifa. They focus on facilitation training or specific subjects - gender-based violence, healthcare, community leadership etc. The participants appreciate the courses as through them they bring about practical changes in their personal lives but also in the society they live in. For example, the participants in the Jaffa course have decided to establish a kindergarten for Arab children in order to give themselves and other Arab mothers the opportunity to enter the labor market.