The "Women Demand Mobility" project was initiated by Kayan – Feminist Organization, a group of feminists who aim to advance the status of women in the Arab minority in Israel. With the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the organization was advocating for the installation of public transportation in Arab towns and villages in Israel. The majority of rural Arab women do not own a car, and the lack of public transportation in most Arab localities limits women's mobility severely. This is one of the reasons for their social exclusion, their low participation in the workforce and their inability to reach public services and take part in public life. Kayan organized local pressure groups which installed a bus-line in the village of Mghar as a private initiative, raised awareness among local women and men for the lack of mobility and its impacts, and advocated for the installation of public transportation towards local and national authorities. In 2007, Kayan published a report "Mobility among Arab Women in Israel" that examined for the first time the personal, political and socio-economic implications of Arab women's restricted mobility. The project gained the recognition of the national government in the same year. Kayan and the Ministry of Transport agreed on the installation of public transport in the first ten Arab towns and villages, and jointly prepared for it in 2008 through assessing mobility patterns of the population and designing a public transport solution. 

Mobility Among Arab Women in Israel, Report by Kayan (English, PDF, 40 pages, 1MB)