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Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality
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
Female soldiers train in the Negev desert (illustrative photo credit: 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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