Help us protect women activists in Israel!

Women activists in Israel are at risk. As Israel heads to yet more elections, women participating in protests continue to face threats, intimidation, and sexual harassment. Ultra-orthodox women are threatened that their children will be pushed out of community if the mothers will speak out. Arab women face threats both from within their community and from the Jewish extremists. These are critical times for women. Women’s voices are desperately needed, especially in the political arena where our experiences and perspectives are so vital and so often excluded. Yet women’s representation in Israeli public life has gone down in the last few elections. In fact, the Gender Equality Index of World Economic Forum ranked Israel in 64th place in the world out of 180 countries – down 18 points since last year. We at Itach-Maaki Women Lawyers for Social Justice, are working hard during this election period to protect the rights of women to speak freely without threats of violence. We are calling on the police to uphold their obligation to protect women activists so that they are able to make their voices heard. We will offer the police training on this important issue and will provide women activists knowledge about their rights. In order to do that, we urgently need your support! Please donate to our campaign to protect women activists during the elections! And please share! Thank you! To learn more, goto http://www.itach.org.il/?lang=en