Women's standing

Gender Equality & Women's Rights

A dedicated, broad plan: a 50% target for women in senior civil-service and government-company board roles, closing the pay gap, tackling the "motherhood penalty" and introducing paternity leave, defining the fight against domestic violence and violence against women as a top police priority with a fixed ₪250M/year budget, and eliminating the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors.

• •A multi-year plan to reach 50% women's representation in senior civil-service and government-company board roles
• •Giving the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission effective enforcement powers to close the gender pay gap
• •Improving daycare quality to tackle the "motherhood penalty," alongside introducing paternity leave in addition to maternity leave
• •Defining reducing violence against women and domestic violence as a top police priority, with a fixed ₪250 million/year budget, and broadening the legal definition of violence to include psychological, economic, and religious/spiritual abuse
• •Eliminating the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors, and establishing dedicated courts for sex-crime cases
• •Repealing the laws expanding rabbinical-court powers and gender segregation in academia, preventive solutions for get refusal and agunot, and expanding women's integration into IDF combat roles
• •A dedicated body for comprehensive support of reservists' families, with dedicated support for reservists' partners