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Advancement of Women’s Status Ministry to close, May Golan to fill role at Social Equality Ministry instead
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Minister May Golan at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The government will shut down the short-lived Advancement of Women’s Status Ministry, Hebrew media reports, and appoint its minister, May Golan, to the role of social equality minister.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli resigned from the Social Equality Ministry last week in an effort to limit government spending amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
The closure of the Advancement of Women’s Status Ministry will lead to the reopening of the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, which prior to April 2023 was the sole government body responsible for women’s rights, reports add.
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