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Women are a majority in the public and a minority in the Knesset.
It is time to make a difference in this election
Women make up 51% of the population, but only 23% of Knesset members.
Lack of representation is also reflected in senior positions in the public sector.
The face of politics must change - and men must take part in it too
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Aliza Lavie
Friday, 05 February 2021, 16:41
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Vote for those who promote women and do not exclude them.
The 23rd Knesset Plenum before its dissolution, December 2020 (Photo: Official website, Danny Shem Tov, Knesset Spokeswoman)
Elections can change.
They can lead to adequate representation for women in the Knesset.
We talk and talk about this change too long.
You wish for him.
You are convinced that we have the power to lead to it - but we are all absent and absent in the moment of truth.
what can we do?
The solution is to lead to the regulation of fixed quotas for the adequate representation of women in leadership.
You, with the right to vote, it's time to make your will known.
Now, as the lists ask for your vote, you will make a demand for a commitment to action for gender equality.
Now that you're with your mobile in hand, send a message to the popular group of friends.
Upload a post on the social network, tag the elected officials you intend to vote for.
Send an email.
Share how important the issue is.
Explain that this is a consideration in your system of considerations.
And yes, if there is no binding platform for dealing with the regression in the situation of women in Israel and a commitment to achieving social equality - with the understanding that the loss of human-female capital is damage to society as a whole - you will take this into account on Election Day.
Make a voice now and again until election day.
Go vote when you are true to your values, and do not forget the one who excludes women, or speaks in paradise but places them away from the top and wants you to choose him.
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Proper representation quotas for women are a tool of profit in parliaments around the world and exist in 130 countries.
In some countries the quotas are enshrined in legislation and binding on the parties.
In many other countries the quotas are a voluntary norm that has become mandatory and parties choose to adopt them on their own initiative in their bylaws.
For us, this issue, like many other issues, remains an empty election promise that will dissipate and degenerate to the bottom of the list of national priorities.
Politicians know why: For 20 years, attempts have been made to submit bills aimed at raising the proportion of women in the Knesset and the government, local authorities and other public bodies.
The vast majority of the proposals are halted, because in 21st century Israel, two stable parties - Shas and Torah Judaism - not only have never integrated women, they also prevent the coalition from making any attempt to change the issue.
I was privileged to crack this opacity somewhat, before Seven years ago, when former MK Yifat Karib and I succeeded in amending the Local Authorities Law, the law was intended to increase the rate of representation of women in local politics by providing an economic incentive to include women in real places on the faction list. The change is already low in the last municipal elections. The absolute numbers are still low, but we already see that this small amendment has made a significant change.
Women make up 51% of the population in Israel. The proportion of women in the Knesset at the beginning of the millennium was only 13% and today, up From 20 years later, it stands at 23%. According to data from the CN Association, women do not cross the 20% threshold in all senior statutory positions: no CEOs, no engineers, no legal advisers, no treasurers, no auditors .
currently, there are zero women as CEO of state-owned companies.
Only 5% of those in charge of a local authority are women.
Only 18% of local government elected officials are women.
This list of gender exclusion is still long, but do you think it is appropriate that since the establishment of the state, in the Finance Committee, in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and in the Knesset's Law, Law and Justice Committee, a woman has never served as chair?
In Israel, the trends of change for the better on this issue are slow and few.
Too many lists, men at the head of a party choose many other men beside them.
We have the power to change that.
Establish clear rules for the advancement of women in politics
According to a position paper of the Knesset Research Center, in order for quotas to represent women to be effective and achieve their goal of raising the proportion of women in parliaments, clear rules must be set: for example, set numerical targets that if they are not met, the same party will be disqualified.
A sharp mechanism for implementation must be established: for example, to operate the zipper model, in which the list of candidates includes the alternation of men and women;
As well as the need to oblige representation for both sexes in the real top ten of each party.
The face of politics must change.
On this front, there should be no women.
Men, you are our partners in redressing this ongoing injustice.
Dr. Aliza Lavie is a former Member of Knesset, serving as chair of the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality
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