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Women in Israel comprise 50.26 percent of the state's population as of 2019. [5] While Israel lacks an official constitution, the Israeli Declaration of Independence of 1948 states that “The State of Israel (…) will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”
Israel's annual population growth rate stood at 2.0% in 2015, more than three times faster than the OECD average of around 0.6%. [3] With an average of three children per woman, Israel also has the highest fertility rate in the OECD by a considerable margin and much higher than the OECD average of 1.7. [4]
While Israel is one of a small number of countries where a woman—Golda Meir—has served as Prime Minister, it is behind most Western countries in the representation of women in both the parliament and government. As of 2019, women comprise 25% of Israel's 120-member Knesset. [1]
Jewish women of the Yishuv in training at Mishmar HaEmek during the 1947–1949 Palestine War. Before the formal establishment of Israel in 1948, women served in combat roles within the Jewish paramilitary groups of British Palestine that would later become the central component of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); [6] the rate of women who were enlisted in combat organizations stood at 20 ...
Amit Soussana has become the first Israeli woman to speak publicly about enduring what she says was a sexual assault and other forms of violence during her 55 days in captivity.
An inside look at an ultra-Orthodox wedding in Israel. Lisa Kirshner. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:48 PM. 22 Photos. ... 54 non-sexual habits that women find super appealing. Lighter Side.
There have been Israeli Arab members of the Knesset ever since the first Knesset elections in 1949. The following is a list of the 100 past and present members. Some Israeli Druze dispute the label "Arab" and consider Druze to be a separate ethnic group.
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