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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israel-superpower-for-women-441844
Israel: A Superpower for the Status of Women
(Jerusalem Post) Rivka Lazovsky - Today Israel is a superpower for the status of women, creating and exporting some of the most advanced ideas which define the basic parameters of a healthy society. Israeli society has adopted the norm that sexual harassment is a disgrace that prevents a person from holding public office, and makes him liable to face criminal charges. The number of female Knesset members is at an all-time high. Women head the Bank of Israel and the Supreme Court. They hold positions of power in banks, are directors of huge firms and their centrality is growing in the business world as well as in the public arena. In the IDF, a woman has reached the rank of general. Women are presenting and directing the main news broadcasts and determining the public agenda no less than men. The writer is chairperson of the World WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization) Executive.