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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality

Released hostage Raz Ben Ami (right) and Reuma Tarshansky attend status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Tuesday. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 10, 2024, 5:25 am
At Knesset hearing, released hostage and families decry lack of state support
Relatives describe bureaucratic hurdles to getting much needed financial and emotional support for freed captives, those with loved ones still in Gaza: ‘This isn’t normal’
By ToI Staff
Released hostage Maya Regev speaks during a Knesset’s women’s rights committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 2, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 1:19 pm
‘Every girl there is sexually harassed’: Freed captives beg MKs for hostage deal
In emotional Knesset meeting, relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 call on government to secure their release; committee chair: ‘We need to bring them home’
By ToI Staff
The Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality holds a hearing on the government's treatment of victims of Hamas sexual assault, January 8, 2024. Chairwoman MK Pnina Tamano-Shata is at left. (Noam Moskowitz/ Knesset Spokesperson)
January 8, 2024, 10:29 pm
Government must improve aid to victims of Hamas sexual assault – Knesset panel chief
‘Rape is murder of the soul, and no one is answering your phone,’ lawmaker in women’s rights committee says after waiting over 12 minutes on the National Resilience Center hotline
By Sam Sokol
Rabab Abu Siyam. (Courtesy)
July 27, 2022, 10:34 am
Woman fatally shot in Lod while holding 2-year-old daughter on lap
Rabab Abu Siyam is killed while visiting her 3 daughters, after ex-husband’s threats had forced her to flee the city; victim’s father: ‘You can’t separate a mother from her kids’
By Ash Obel
Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 5, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2020, 2:43 am
Knesset chooses male MK to head committee for women and gender equality
Feminist groups outraged as MK Oded Forer of Yisrael Beytenu appointed as head of Committee for the Advancement of Women & Gender Equality, despite being only male on the panel
By JTA
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich in the Knesset on June 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 14, 2016, 7:14 pm
MK denounces intermarriage, is ousted from Knesset meeting
Bezalel Smotrich removed from women’s issues committee as lawmakers tussle over group that reportedly acts against mixed relationships
By Michael Bachner
Arab Joint List MK, Aida Touma-Sliman, center, and Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein, left, seen during the Committee on the Status of the Women meeting at the Knesset on June 3, 2015. (Photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 3, 2015, 6:05 pm
Knesset votes in first-ever Arab committee chair
Aida Touma-Sliman of the Joint Arab List will head Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality
By Gedalyah Reback
Hava Karrie, deputy director of the Golda Meir Mount Carmel Leadership Training Center (left) and Knesset Secretary Yardena Meller-Horowitz attend a seminar March 11, 2015 at the United Nations for the 59th Commission on the Statues of Women. (Cathryn J. Prince/The Times of Israel)
March 19, 2015, 2:39 am
Israel’s report to UN on women shows much talk, little progress
Despite initiatives to promote gender equality, Israeli women still face discrimination in nearly every aspect of life
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Female soldiers train in the Negev desert. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
February 3, 2014, 11:31 pm
1 in 8 female soldiers has reported harassment
IDF report notes that while more soldiers filed complaints in 2013 than in previous year, 61% chose to stay silent
By Yifa Yaakov
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