"Celebrating the Triennium"
Excerpted from the NCJW Journal

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  • Continues to protect women, children, and families by supporting programs in the US and abroad, and by launching comprehensive grassroots and national efforts.
  • Supports the NCJW Women Studies Forum at Tel Aviv University, to advance research and analysis in feminist studies while reaching out to the public through empowerment seminars and community services.
  • Establishes the NCJW Women and Gender Studies Program at Tel Aviv University, the first bachelor's degree-granting program of its kind in the Middle East, providing an interdisciplinary analysis of issues impacting women and other minorities.
  • Launches BenchMark: NCJW's Campaign to Save Roe. Educates and mobilizes NCJW members, the Jewish community, and friends and allies everywhere to promote a federal bench with judges who support fundamental freedoms, including a woman's right to reproductive choice.
  • Launches the NCJW.org and benchmarkcampaign.org websites.
  • Celebrates the 110th anniversary with special illumination of the Empire State Building and landmark MetLife Tower in New York in NCJW's signature colors -- blue and green.
  • Expands the Israel Granting Program to include Women to Women: NCJW's Empowerment Initiative. This new funding stream complements the work of Yad B' Yad by supporting women's empowerment projects, which address women's rights and well-being in areas like economics, politics, education, domestic violence, and social justice.
  • Launches Plan A: NCJW's Campaign for Contraceptive Access. Educates and empowers individuals to advocate for women's universal access to contraceptive information and health services.


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