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April 23, 2019
Something is missing in the Israeli election: Women

A male-dominated electoral campaign has highlighted how easily women are kept to the side in Israeli politics.

Politicians’ faces are everywhere. On billboards, on fliers, on television.

February 5, 2019
How well are women actually represented in Israel’s government?

The steady increase in the percentage of women in Israel’s parliament has not been accompanied by a similar rise in their cabinet representation.

November 6, 2018
Record number of women elected in Israeli municipal elections

Female politicians made history this week in Israel with a record of at least 11 women chosen to head cities and local councils across the country, five more than in the previous municipal elections.

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December 7, 2016
Israeli parliament decides to ban miniskirts

By Charlotte England

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June 6, 2016
Almost all of Israel’s 32 women in parliament have been sexually harassed or assaulted

Out of 32 female members of Israel'

November 13, 2013
Women and Israeli deMOCKracy

A little while back a lawsuit was filed with the Supreme Court to disallow funding of political parties that do not include women in the party list.