TALK: Women in Israel - The Myths, Realities and the Current Situation
Rina Bar-Tal (Chair, Israel Women's Network)
Tuesday, November 16 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Hillel, 781 Embarcadero Del Mar, Isla Vista / Free
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This talk will outline the various myths that abound regarding the status of women in Israel. One such myth is that because Golda Meir was Prime Minister several decades ago, women must enjoy political equality today. This is far from the truth and now although we have the largest number of women ever to serve in the Knesset, the figure only corresponds to 15% of the representatives. In addition there is still a lack of women in public office and the army and discrimination in the workplace and violence at home are both increasing.

The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB, a program of the Interdiscplinary Humanities Center, is cosponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures, Department of Religious Studies, Hillel. This event is cosponsored by the UCSB Women's Center, American Students for Israel and the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara.

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