Dr. Baka Mawassi is Adva Center’s gender project coordinator. She holds a PhD in social work, and a master’s degree in public policy from Tel Aviv University. In the past, Dr. Mawassi served as the head of domestic violence unit and the manager of the gender equality division in Baqa al-Gharbiyye.

Dr. Yuval Livnat is the Executive Director of Adva Center. He holds an SJD degree (Doctor of the Science of Law) from Columbia Law School.

Barbara Swirski, the founder and first executive director of Adva. Today she is the director of Community Relations. Barbara is a sociologist and social entrepreneur: she was among the founders of the first shelter for battered women in Israel, in Haifa in 1977, and among the founders of the Adva Center, in 1991.

Dr. Shlomo Swirski is a sociologist who serves as the academic director of the Adva Center. In the past he lectured at the universities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, was a partner in the founding of academic and social enterprises, among them the academic journal Notebooks of Research and Social Critique, HILA for Quality Education, and the Kedma Schools.

Dr. Yael Hasson is the head of Gender Research in Adva. Holds a Doctoral degree in Sociology from Haifa University on gender and economic policy.