| About MossawaOur MissionStaff and BoardDonateGet InvolvedSupportersLinks | About MossawaThe Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to promote equality for the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel.In Arabic, "mossawa" means "equality," and the Mossawa Center's mission is to achieve equal rights for the 1.3 million Arab citizens of Israel. Established in 1997, the Mossawa Center strives to improve the social, economic and political status of the Arab citizens of Israel, while preserving their national and cultural rights as Palestinians. Additionally, the Mossawa Center focuses on the status of Palestinian women, working towards gender equality in all spheres of society. In advancing its mission of equal rights attainment, the Mossawa Center utilizes various methods, including advocacy in the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) and government, socio-economic research and analysis, public information campaigns, capacity building with a broad network of Arab NGOs, and cooperative work with Local Councils as well as Israeli based and international NGOs. To achieve its goals and establish a solid network, the Mossawa Center cooperates with other NGOs, local councils and elected representatives of society, as well as international and local human rights organizations and diplomatic embassies. The Center's staff and board are involved in every aspect of programming, including advocacy, analysis, outreach, public knowledge, social and political justice and change — including the improvement of the status of women. The activities that Mossawa implements focus on the empowerment of persons and organizations that cooperate to change the existing Palestinian situation. Currently the Mossawa Center focuses on the following programs:
The Center publishes position papers and policy analysis and disseminates them to political and social activists. | Mossawa in the NewsEventsPress releases |
| The Mossawa Center, 5 Saint Luke's St., P.O. Box 4471, Haifa, 31043 Israel, Phone: (+972) 4-855-5901, Fax: (+972) 4-855-2772 | ||
