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woman who has joined the course knowing               pY9jhUBZwcbimR_F_Kw9e1Ol3wizvU5U
what the clear agenda is that she wants to            kDYWYgyLBgz28SgxhgjJuaoyg23XOpN_
promote and lead in her neighborhood or               XiDd0m00jSUBRCiDvmve-iqqV6jyfdo_Ta
city. The women who have joined are all               5M2NclOiDFGpSLUB1yC4cJkyTVAYWf
leading and already involved women, even              Ui0gOvHsSSUbZ1jpMkq9Lj7YUKdl4&__
politically, to focus their social but mostly         tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
public political doing. This is a pilot for a
course in politics that WePower would like
to promote in other cities.

                                                      Knesset conference

   Tomorrow's Leadership Course - Yes to Politics in  KnessetCommitteefortheAdvancement
                                Haifa                 of Women and Gender Equality (August)
                                                      , chaired by MK Aida Toma-Suleiman, held
In the Knesset at a conference on the                 an important meeting of the Knesset and
State Comptroller's report on the issue               civil society organizations.
of violence against women and women's
rights - Urgent discussion on the increase            The committee convened to build together,
in cases of domestic violence against the             Knesset and field, the committee's agenda.
background of the findings of the State
Comptroller's report - Dr. Mazal Shaul, CEO           Dr. Mazal Shaul appeared before the
of Wepower, brings the voices from the                committee and presented the issue of
field into the discussion and calls for the           the under-representation of women in
establishment of a gender equality unit in            decision-making centers in Israel. Dr.
the local authorities.                                Mazal: "Equality and fairness, will be able
                                                      to stand guard, bring to the political and
Link – Dr. Shaul speaks at the Knesset:               other decision-making tables, diverse
                                                      non-stereotypical approaches, additional
https://www.facebook.com/ken.                         perspectives and a collaborative and
org.il/posts/10159612589540903?__                     proactive managerial approach".
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vSFQ3poNvKvJldtNfbI-b_                                Despite the change in the current
                                                      government in the number of service and
                                                      directors of government ministries, the
                                                      situation is still too far to be equal. Dr.
                                                      Mazal Shaul presented the data today:

                                                      In the Government and the Knesset:

                                                      Government Service - 10/34 (29.4%)

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