The Center for Health, Gender, and Community in the Periphery - Zefat Academic College - Undergraduate studies in the North

The Center for Health, Gender, and Community in the Periphery

Advancing Equitable and Culturally Responsible Healthcare

Using research, education, and community partnerships to improve health outcomes for women in Israel’s periphery

Project Details

Education and Training

Workshops for ZAC students and Galilee healthcare providers to increase awareness of the connection between health and gender in the periphery

Academic Research

Grants, conferences, and national and international research collaborations on gender and health disparities

Clinical Partnerships

Collaborations with local hospitals and health clinics to translate research into clinical practice

Community Engagement

Health-empowerment workshops run in partnership with community leaders and local women’s organizations

Your Impact

Promote gender-sensitive healthcare in the Galilee

Improve health outcomes for women from underserved Galilee communities

Project Snapshot

The Center for Health, Gender, and Community in the Periphery will bring Zefat Academic College researchers together with regional hospitals and community organizations to narrow the gaps in healthcare for women across the Galilee’s diverse communities. The center will train health-professions students and practicing clinicians in gender-sensitive, culturally attuned care; run health empowerment workshops for local women; and produce academic research that will help improve health services throughout northern Israel.

Total project budget

$250,000

Confirmed support

None

Remaining funding need

$250,000

Project status

In development

Projected completion

12 months from receipt of funding

An Invitation to Partnership

When you support ZAC’s Center for Gender and Health, you help close health gaps facing women in Israel’s periphery, and prepare a generation of professionals to provide gender-sensitive, culturally attuned healthcare in the Galilee.

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