The theme "Women, Environment and Gender Equality" is one of the main goals that the Association of Environmental Justice in Israel (AEJI) has placed in its activities. The topic is integrated into the three main areas of the AEJI 's activities:
1.Initiatives for research and development of tools for dealing with environmental nuisances, including gender planning, development of indices for community resilience in time of climate change and environmental deterioration, health and exposure to hazardous materials, and more;
2. Advance policy to reduce environmental inequalities, including initiating special session in Knesset at the committee for advance women status and gender equality on the Environment Day, advance of legislation on the protection of disadvantaged groups of workers that expose to environmental hazards such as Cleaning (mainly female) workers, and others.
3. Field activity at is intended to empower population groups that are socially excluded. AEJI held workshops for women in Arab society, conducted professional excursion with the participation of landscape architects and planners to raise, advance and act for implementing of planning of public space, based on the characterization of gender needs in a traditional society as a separate park for women.
In addition, AEJI is member in international forums and participates in international initiatives that draw attention to the issue of gender equality as part of a broad concept of advance environmental, climate and civil rights policies.
The following is a photographic documentation, which reviews variety of activities in the field of 'Women and Environment' that the Association for Environmental Justice has initiated, guided and takes an active part since its establishment in 2009.
