No policies and no politics: Israeli teachers, asylum seeker pupils, and remobilized strategies of avoidance and depoliticization

Kagan, Manya; Pinson, Halleli; Schler, Lynn

doi:10.1080/13613324.2019.1599346

Cited by 6 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 38 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Finally, research indicates rampant racism in Israeli society against non-Jewish immigrants ( Birger, Nadan, & Ajzenstadt, 2020 ; Tsfati, Ben-Ari, & Lavi, 2020 ), which manifests itself in policy documents in the lack of clear policies targeting their children ( Kagan, Pinson, & Schler, 2019 ). On the ground, they are supported and protected almost exclusively by cash-strapped NGOs ( Tsfati et al, 2020 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Invisible children and non-essential workers: Child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage

Katz

2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background The protection of children from maltreatment has become extremely challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public's gaze is focused on the urgent health crisis, while many children are at risk due to social isolation and reduced social services. Objective Examine child protection in Israel during COVID-19, as portrayed in mainstream news media and government policy documents. Participants and setting The study analyzed all policy documents and mainstream media reports published in Israel from March to May 2020, during the initial mandatory nationwide quarantine. Methods (1) Search of relevant articles in mainstream news websites; (2) Search of documents in official websites of relevant government ministries and agencies. Results 28 government policy documents and 22 media articles were found relevant. When examined chronologically, what stood out was the initial decision to shut down social services, including some of the residential care units for youth at risk, and declare social workers “non-essential”. These decisions were revoked a few weeks into the quarantine, following persistent media pressure by child advocates, resulting in minor changes in policy. Conclusion Children were initially invisible to Israeli policymakers facing the pandemic, highlighting the centrality of advocates promoting children's rights and of mainstream news media in disseminating the discourse of protecting children from maltreatment, especially in times of crisis. Moreover, the study points to the heightened threat to at-risk children due to inadequate policies, and to the urgent need to develop child protection policies in order to avoid further risk in future global crises.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Invisible children and non-essential workers: Child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage

Katz

2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Thus, as hallmarks of political and economic development, contemporary democratic regimes -prompted by international organizations, such as the OECD and the UN -show commitments to the promotion and protection of equal rights for women and to the protection of women from violence (OECD, 2020;UN Women, 2020). Concomitantly, the discourse on women's equality, rights, and protection is increasingly being complicated by the inclusion of discussions relating to immigration, minority cultures and cultural values, and cultural belonging (Kagan et al, 2019), thereby raising fundamental questions regarding the nature of gender equality and the role of the state in guaranteeing equality and security for women.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ontological Security, Trauma and Violence, and the Protection of Women: Polygamy Among Minority Communities

Harel-Shalev

Kook

2021

Front. Psychol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this article, we examine the special challenges posed by the practice of polygamy to minority women, focusing on the ways that the state and the women confront the related experiences of violence and trauma associated with this practice. Based on analysis of both policy and interviews with women, we demonstrate the tension between the different mechanisms adopted by the state as opposed to those adopted by the women themselves. We suggest that the concept of ontological security is valuable for a deeper understanding of the range of state motivations in cases related to minority women, violence, and the right for protection. Our case study is the Bedouin community in Israel. We explore the relationship between individual and state-level conceptions of violence and trauma and the complex relationship between these two. We examine state discourses of ontological security through a gendered lens, as frameworks of belonging and mechanisms of exclusion.

show abstract

Bibliography of Recent Works

Scholz¹

2023

Journal of Palestine Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

No policies and no politics: Israeli teachers, asylum seeker pupils, and remobilized strategies of avoidance and depoliticization

Cited by 6 publications

References 38 publications

Invisible children and non-essential workers: Child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage

Invisible children and non-essential workers: Child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage

Ontological Security, Trauma and Violence, and the Protection of Women: Polygamy Among Minority Communities

Bibliography of Recent Works

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About