RIVKA LAZOVSKY

The writer is the chairperson of World WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization).
Abuse of minors.

This is not the solution and this is not the problem

The horrifying child abuse at a private nursery in Rosh Ha’ayin creates an opportunity.

JULY 18, 2019
Panel of female politicians at WIZO event on International Women's Day event in Jaffa

International Women's Day: Women and the local question

If 50 women candidates for leadership of local councils still sounds like “wow,” it is only because we have become accustomed to a distorted reality.

MARCH 7, 2018
Women watch pro-Israel supporters wave Israeli flags and rally at Times Square in New York, to show support during Operation Protective Edge, summer 2014

Our women across the sea

We must remember this: achievements for the status of women are not always realized directly but also by the acquisition of key positions of influence in other important battles.

MARCH 9, 2017

Israel, superpower for women

In the IDF, female soldiers and officers can take on any position without discrimination, and a woman has reached the rank of general for the first time.

JANUARY 17, 2016
Female combat soldiers in the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion train in urban warfare.

Israel and world Jewry – an unbreakable bond

I want to convey my deepest gratitude to our faithful partners, the hundreds of thousands of WIZO members, wherever they may be. “For the bitter and the sweet – May we be blessed.”

JANUARY 18, 2015
World leaders including Netanyahu and Abbas flank French Presdient Francois Hollande at Paris solidarity rally

Who is responsible for youth violence?

To blame the kids is taking the easy way out.

MAY 9, 2012
Knife (illustrative) 370