Israel Women's Network
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The Israel Women’s Network (IWN) was founded in 1984 as a direct outcome of a US-Israel Dialogue held in Jerusalem under the sponsorship of the American Jewish Congress. IWN is responsible for many of the feminist breakthroughs in Israel. The Network continues to support Israeli women fighting discrimination, organize discussion and study groups, and lobby Members of Knesset and other leaders to inculcate the demands of the Network. Since its founding, IWN has conducted research projects, held conferences, and fought to implement policies that would make Israel a more equitable and just country. The success of IWN led to an undesirable degree of politicization. Though lacking some of the glory of its earlier days, the Network remains an active agent in Israeli feminism.
Establishment and Development of the Network
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Accomplishments and Aims of the Network
The Israel Women’s Network has:
Updated the findings of the Namir Commission in order to determine what has changed—both for better and for worse—since February 1978.
Adopted the “Forward-Looking Strategies for the Year 2000” adopted at the close of the UN Conference in Nairobi, which should serve as our guidelines for future action.
Identified and defined the most urgent problems which need to be dealt with, in the light of the above documents.
We do and shall continue to:
Train Israeli women to define problems of discrimination which they encounter and to be active in the abolition of such discrimination.
Organize discussion and study groups for consciousness-raising and mutual support.
Organize lobbying of Members of Knesset, heads and members of local councils, women’s organizations and other bodies in order to inculcate awareness of our needs and demands and to induce them to relate to those needs and demands both seriously and sympathetically.
Uniting Men and Women to Make Israel Equitable and Just
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IWN Efforts in Israel
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