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Accelerating Gender Equality in
the Israeli Political Arena
In regards to gender, recent municipal Consequently, WePower has been
elections in Israel ended on a high note. developing an accelerative process that
The number of female mayors grew by will bring significant change to local
2.5 and the number of council women government in the upcoming 2023
by 35%. Moreover, the number of local elections. These efforts will create
councils with no female representation a significant increase in the number
went to down to 78, compared to 98 of female elected officials and in the
in the previous elections (there are 256 number of women in decision making
councils in Israel in total). However, in positions.
spite of these improvements we are still To support this process, we have held
far from our goal, which is fully equal, a number of round tables with various
50/50 representation. We are, therefore, parties, people of interest and experts
still searching for various means by on local government. Together we
which to catapult our efforts and attain have developed a multifaceted plan
our goals. that will develop different aspects
simultaneously.
Women Mayors
Changing Public Identifying Potential
Awareness women candidates
Training and
Leading legislative mentoring platform
processes In preparation for the
elections – assisting in
Fieldwork – identifying consulting services
and training women
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Work with women council
members in order to keep
them in office
