Monthly Archives: January 2012
NA'AMAT leads fight against women’s exclusion in Israel's public sphere
On Tuesday December 24, 2011, approximately 10,000 people, religious and non-religious, gathered in Beit Shemesh for a demonstration protesting the growing demand by radical religious elements (extremists) to exclude women from public life in Israel.
The rally featured several female speakers who were victims of Haredi violence, in addition to the Opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni, Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich and Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat. NA’AMAT women were among the protesters holding banners reading:”Free Israel from religious coercion”, “Stop Israel from becoming Iran”, “Segregation is a red line”, and “No more discrimination against women!”
