PROMOTING EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE KNESSET PARLIAMENTARY POSITIONS

Promoting equal representation in the Knesset parliamentary positions

Out of the 12 permanent Knesset committees of the 23rd Knesset – there is only one woman serving as chair (MK Miki Haimovich). This bleak picture has a far-reaching impact on women and girls in Israel, as well as on the society as a whole. Last week, together with Itach -Maaki, Women Lawyers for Social Justice, we contacted MK Yariv Levin, speaker of the kenesset to express our deep concern and to call for immediate action in order to promote the representation of women in key positions.

Read the letter (in English).


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