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Israel’s new women’s party promises a ‘different kind of leadership’

Source: Haaretz

“I don’t matter to Knesset members,” says Elana Sztokman in a campaign video for the new women’s party she just co-founded. She rattles off a list of issues that she says are routinely ignored by lawmakers – from gender issues to education and health care, to the women murdered by boyfriends and relatives. “Do you feel like you also don’t matter? Join us,” she concludes.

The “us” she is referring to is Kol Hanashim (“Voice of Women”), the new party she created with a group of women from across Israel’s political and ethnic spectrums to run in the upcoming election on March 2.

From religious right-wing settlers to left-wing secular Jews, from Israelis of Ethiopian descent to Arab citizens and transgender women, they are united in their determination to bring women’s voices and influence into Israel’s corridors of power, for the good of all Israelis.

Click here to read the full article published by Hareetz on 20 February 2020.

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“I don’t matter to Knesset members,” says Elana Sztokman in a campaign video for the new women’s party she just co-founded. She rattles off a list of issues that she says are routinely ignored by lawmakers – from gender issues to education and health care, to the women murdered by boyfriends and relatives. “Do you feel like you also don’t matter? Join us,” she concludes.

The “us” she is referring to is Kol Hanashim (“Voice of Women”), the new party she created with a group of women from across Israel’s political and ethnic spectrums to run in the upcoming election on March 2.

From religious right-wing settlers to left-wing secular Jews, from Israelis of Ethiopian descent to Arab citizens and transgender women, they are united in their determination to bring women’s voices and influence into Israel’s corridors of power, for the good of all Israelis.

Click here to read the full article published by Hareetz on 20 February 2020.

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