Efrat began her career in the environmental field, where she developed community projects for the preservation of transboundary water resources. She then turned to focus on refugee and minority rights, and worked as a caseworker, researcher and project manager in Israel and in the UK. Prior to her current position she worked for five years as the manager of PCATI’s medico-legal activities. Efrat holds an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Middle Eastern and African History from Tel Aviv University.