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Articles

Vol. 33 (2013)

Women's Parliament: The Israeli Experience

  • Esther Hertzog
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21423/awlj-v33.a101
Submitted
June 16, 2017
Published
2017-06-12

Abstract

The Women's Parliament in Israel is a platform for politics from a feminist perspective, established in November 1989. The article discusses the aims, activities and achievements of this framework on the background of political marginalization, economic discrimination, religious oppression, and cultural objectification of women. The Parliament strives to raise awareness of this reality; to change public discourse and policies; to support women competing over leadership positions. The article also addresses the financial and organizational barriers faced by the Women Parliament's endeavors to bring about fundamental change in the gendered power structure. Consequently, it examines the idea of establishing Women's Parliaments around the world, as a means for global gender change.