The 55th Women’s Parliament: Women and the Economy

Women gathered at the Modi’in mall tonight, not to shop, thank heavens, but to attend the 55th Women’s Parliament in the newly unveiled lecture hall on the premises. Dr. Esther Herzog, the visionary behind this important initiative, listed the many impressive achievements of previous Parliaments, from promoting anti-pornography legislation to backing the first woman presidential candidate for Israel. This latest Parliament, the first one in Modi’in, organized in cooperation with the Women’s Council of the Modi’in municipality under the leadership of Ofira Krakower, offered a panel of stimulating speakers examining the topic of gender
and economics and the ways in which privatization and recession affect women’s lives.