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‘Patriarchal and biased’: Israeli women fear loss of rights in legal overhaul

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June 14, 2023

‘Patriarchal and biased’: Israeli women fear loss of rights in legal overhaul

Source: The Guardian

For months, the massive protests that have taken place in Israel have rallied groups across the country on issues surrounding the supreme court and judicial independence. Amid the uproar and media attention, however, Israeli feminist groups say a crucial element of the far right’s judicial overhaul package has been lost in the noise, and as a result women’s legal rights are more at stake than they have been in years.

Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian on 13 June 2023.

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Claire Porter Robbins
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The Guardian

For months, the massive protests that have taken place in Israel have rallied groups across the country on issues surrounding the supreme court and judicial independence. Amid the uproar and media attention, however, Israeli feminist groups say a crucial element of the far right’s judicial overhaul package has been lost in the noise, and as a result women’s legal rights are more at stake than they have been in years.

Click here to read the full article published by The Guardian on 13 June 2023.

Region
Author
Claire Porter Robbins
Publisher
The Guardian

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