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This past year we ran over 20 programs statewide: “Leaders of Tomorrow”,
several series of gatherings under the title “This City/Council in my Local
Government/Under my Governance”, “Your Voice is Heard”, “Women of the
Future”, “Senior Management in the Central and the Negev Regions”, “Gender-
Conscious Management” and two “College for Politics” programs, besides our
Online College program for local authority election candidates.

WePower’s written materials

“Your Rights” (Second Edition)             Vision of an Equal Authority

A booklet for present, future, and         Brochures produced for the Women... that
newly-elected women council members        include discussions on subjects relating...
detailing and assisting in preparation of  in local governance. The brochures include
a variety of legal and day-to-day topics   updates on projects promoted by women
in the council’s work. This booklet was    council members in the local authorities
translated to Arabic in 2016.              and on peer studies.

Future Projects (under preparation):

WePower was proud to be given, in          International Programs
addition to Local 2018, the task of
heading a national coalition - “The        Further international development of
National 2019” - in the April 2019         women leadership programs including
national elections. Our goal is 50%        in the Middle East. Currently checking
women representation in the Israeli        potential partnerships with Harvard
Parliament and an increase in the          University professors.
number of women ministers in the
Israeli cabinet.                           Instruction Manual in
In addition, during 2019 we intend         Preparation for Elections
to further develop the program
“Your Voice Matters”, which was            Further development of a guidebook for
granted special recognition from the       candidates running in local elections.
Bereshit Foundation. This program
is aimed at training Jewish Orthodox       The political language
and Arab women, especially from
rural areas and the periphery. We          Instruction Manual for Effective
will also increase our action in the       Improvement in Political Areas and
local authorities vis-à-vis the senior     Organizational Politics.
management, men and women, to
implement gender equality measures
through our program “Gender-
Conscious Management”.

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