Recently added articles from Israel Equality Monitor:
Solo mothers in Israel.
Mar 01, 2003; ... The Solo Parent Family A solo parent family is one in which one parent manages the household alone for him/herself and his/ her children, with no regular partner. This family pattern includes families of widow/ers and children, divorcees and children, single women who choose to ...
Ethiopian Israelis: housing, employment, education.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... There are approximately 85,000 Jews of Ethiopian extraction in Israel, including 23,000 who are Israeliborn. Most immigration from Ethiopia came in two waves-8,000 in Operation Moses (1984) and 14,000 in Operation Solomon. This report, written ten years after Operation Solomon, ...
Road transport, environment and equity in Israel. (1).
Jan 01, 1999 ... I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city ... Once again old men and women, so old that they use a stick when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares. And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing. ...
Health impacts of Israel's transport system.
Jan 01, 1999 ... CAR DEPENDENCY AND AIR POLLUTION Road-oriented development is a major trigger for air pollution both directly and indirectly. Cars and buses generate more pollution per mile traveled than rail and pedestrian systems. Secondly, road-oriented development spurs patterns of urban ...
Assessing transport trends from a quality of life perspective.
Jan 01, 1999 ... During the early years of Israel's existence, cars were almost exclusively a luxury good, earning the nickname of "private" as compared to the "public" transport that most people rode. Austerity measures, complex import regulations on cars, and the Zionist collectivist ethos checked the ...
The impact of transport on development and equity.
Jan 01, 1999 ... Planners and policy makers often assume that increased mobility -- facilitated by rising rates of car ownership and use and constant road expansion -- spurs economic growth, a rising standard of living and improved quality of life from which most Israelis will ultimately benefit. (1) ...
The impact of car dependency on social equity.
Jan 01, 1999 ... Over half of all Israeli households own cars. Yet at any given time, 80 percent of Israelis do not have a car available to them personally - or they are too young or too old to drive. Broad social gaps exist with regard to who enjoys access to the car, with affluent men at the top of the ...
Health care in Israel.
Nov 15, 1998; ... In general, the health of Israelis compares favorably with that of residents of other developed countries. In 1996, the average infant mortality was 6.3 for every 1,000 live births, similar to the average for countries whose per capita GNP is high (World Bank, 1998: 22). Life expectancy at ...
Major issues in women's health.(Israel)
Nov 15, 1998 ... The issue of equity in health care for women is complex and needs to be examined on many different and interrelated levels. At the most basic level is the question of gender disparities in scientific knowledge. Recent evidence suggests that modern medicine has amassed less information ...
A closer look at the health of Arab citizens of Israel.
Nov 15, 1998 ... The Arab citizens of the state of Israel make up nearly a fifth of the total population of the country, and 90% of them were born, raised and educated in Israel. Despite the large size of the Arab minority and their long presence in the country, Arab localities still suffer from ...
Groups with special needs.(Israel)
Nov 15, 1998 ... The Elderly In 1996, there were 543,300 persons over the age of 65 in Israel, constituting 9.6% of the total population, and 219,300 persons over the age of 75 (3.85% of the total population) (CBS, 1997a: Table 2.10). In OECD countries, the average proportion of the 65+ cohort ...
The privatization of health care.(Israel)
Nov 15, 1998 ... "Privatization" refers to two distinct areas: (1) the increasing provision of services by private businesses and non-profit organizations rather than by the government, and (2) direct payments imposed on consumers for health services formerly financed by the government through taxation. ...
Senior Citizens in Israel.(demographics)(Statistical Data Included)
Nov 01, 1998; ... In 1995, there were 528,600 elderly persons in Israel. (1) Although they account for less than 10 percent of the population, (2) the elderly utilize a large proportion of the social services: in 1987, 40 percent of income maintenance payments and 29 percent of health expenses. (3) ...
Higher Education in Israel.(detailed data on colleges and universities in Israel)(Statistical Data Included)
Feb 01, 1998; ... Until the late 1980s, the Israeli higher-education system consisted mainly of a small number of universities -- three founded before 1948, and the rest in the 1950s and 1960s. Over the past decade, the system has both expanded and diversified, embracing several types of academic ...
Introduction.(education opportunities and mobility for Arabs in Israel)
Mar 15, 1996 ... Education plays an important role in shaping the mobility patterns of individuals and groups. For minority groups, which lack access to some of the mobility paths that are available to the dominant group, the education system may serve as an extremely important avenue of mobility. ...
Relations within the school.
Mar 15, 1996 ... Socioeconomic Status of Arab Teachers The socioeconomic status of Arab teachers has been declining for the past two decades. In the past teaching was considered one of the most prestigious and important occupations in Arab society -- a veritable mission. As teachers' ...
School, parents, and community.(education of Arabs in Israel)(Statistical Data Included)
Mar 15, 1996 ... Parents' Attitudes toward Education and the School Relations between parents and the school have a major effect on the formal and informal educational processes that go on in the schoolroom. The parents are important partners in the education process, whether their role is ...
Relations between schools and municipal authorities.(education for Arabs in Israel)
Mar 15, 1996 ... The status of the municipal authority as the agent directly and officially in charge of local high schools makes this authority an important player in the local educational process, especially in the context of high schools. Most of our respondents spoke of unhealthy relations between ...
Relations between schools and The Ministry of Education.
Mar 15, 1996 ... Asymmetry The Ministry of Education holds overarching responsibility for the education system in Israel: it provides both material and human resources, sets educational goals, and designs curricula and in-service activities for teachers. The Ministry of Education is also ...
An unequal opportunity structure.(educational opportunities for Arabs in Israel)
Mar 15, 1996 ... The school, in which the educational process unfolds, is affected by three players at three different levels: parents, the municipal authority -- responsible for the school at the local level -- and the Ministry of Education and the central-government establishment. These players leave ...