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Israel
Adva Center

Contact Barbara Swirski, Director
Shlomo Swirski, Academic Director
Email advashlo@bezeqint.net;advainfo@bezeqint.net
Web Site http://www.adva.org
Phone 972-3-560 8871
Fax 972-3-560 2205
Address Adva Center
POB 36529
Tel Aviv
Israel
61364
Areas of Expertise Macro-economic policy, defense budgets, social service budgets, women's budgets, minorities' budgets, equality in Israel
Recent Reports
  • The Economy is Growing, State Revenues are Increasing, But a Tight Lid is Kept on Social Spending. By Shlomo Swirski and Etty Konor-Attias, November 2007. PowerPoint presentation shown at Adva's annual parliamentary workshop.
  • Women's Employment in the Days of Privatization. Proceeds of 6th annual Budgets and Gender Conference. November 2007.
  • Looking at Israel's Proposed National Budget for 2008 Through a Gender Lens. By Barbara Swirski, December 2007.
  • Israel Labor Report: Workers, Employers, and the Distribution of Israel's National Income. By Shlomo Swirski and Etty Konor-Attias. May 2007.
  • Series of foldouts on the connection between budgets and human rights.
  • Social Rights in Israel, The Right to Work, The Right to Higher Education. By Noga Dagan-Buzaglo.
  • The Price of Occupation. By Shlomo Swirski. February 2005.
  • A Gender Perspective on the Proposed Budget for the State of Israel: 2005 Fiscal Year. By Barbara Swirski. December 2004.
  • The Social Implications of Fiscal Policy: Looking at Israel's 2005 Budget Proposal. PowerPoint presentation, November 2004.
  • Women and the New International Trade Agreements: Will the Provision of Education, Health and Social Welfare Services in Israel be Opened to Multinational Corporations? Keynote address by Ms. Mohau Pheko at the Third Annual Adva Center Conference on engendering budgets.
  • Two Years of Destructive Policies. Critique of the Budget Proposal for Israel for Fiscal 2004, from a Gender Perspective. By Dr. Shlomo Swirski, Etty Konor-Attias, Barbara Swirski. November 2003.
  • Two Years of Destructive Policies. Critique of the Budget Proposal for Israel for Fiscal 2004. By Dr. Shlomo Swirski and Etty Konor-Attias, November 2003.
  • Why Israeli Women Should be Concerned about GATS, July 2003.
  • Solo Mothers in Israel, March 2003.
  • Israel: A Social Report, 2003.
  • Time Use Surveys and Gender Equality,  October 2002.
  • Government Funding of the Israeli. Settlements in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights: Update, March 2003.
  • Looking at the Budget of the State of Israel (161k HTML).
  • How the Proposed 1998 Israel State Budget will Affect Women
  • Higher Education in Israel (136k PDF).
Major Current Activities
  • New series of position papers on privatization: in health, personal services, education, and housing.
  • Leadership of a Women's Budget Forum to advocate for engendering budgets.

  • Ongoing analysis of changes in national budget and tax laws and their effects on the poor and middle class.

  • Education work with NGO's, youth groups, labor unions, and local authorities.

  • Developing economic literacy materials for youth and community action groups.