JWF and 15 other JWFs from across the country are pooling their funding to create a two-year grant that will address the conditions of women who work as contract laborers (those employed as temporary workers with limited rights and benefits). The goal of this special Funders Collaborative is to develop an innovative approach to improving women’s rights and gender equality in Israel with a focus on labor rights. Given the significant co-investment by all the JWFs, a thorough evaluation of the project is planned. JWF’s Director, Susan Friedman, along with Ellen Flax, Director of the Hadassah Foundation, are co-chairing the Program and Evaluation Committee for the Collaborative, which will oversee the project’s evaluation methodology and management.