Introduction

We bring a combined six decades of research on gender-based violence to our roles as co-editors of this special issue. Dalit Yassour-Borochowitz is a feminist social work researcher who has studied for over three decades issues related to intimate violence against women, ethics, and gender in the labor market (Benjamin, Yassour-Borochowitz, and Barzilay 2024; Yassour-Borochowitz 2003, 2012; Yassour-Borochowitz and Wasserman 2018). She currently serves as head of the department of social work at Yezreel College, Israel. Madelaine Adelman is an anthropologist and sociolegal scholar whose research centers on the politics of domestic violence (Adelman 2017). Motivated by the possibilities of social change inherent in people working together toward a shared goal, she integrates community-based advocacy into her research on gender-based violence in families and schools (Adelman, Liou et al. 2024; Adelman, Rosenberg et al. 2016; Adelman and Semprevivo 2024). Together, drawing on our expertise in Israel and beyond, we developed the focus for the special issue: to amplify the voices of established as well as emerging scholars and activists engaged in studying and organizing against various forms of gender-based violence in Israel.