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World WIZO president at Jerusalem Post summit

“Zionism is a shift in consciousness from passive existence to taking ownership of our own destiny”

World WIZO President Anat Vidor
Anat Vidor, president of World WIZO. Her family history is etched onto Israel’s streets and institutions.

Meet Anat Vidor’s vision for World WIZO

Female IDF combat soldiers.

Israelis value women’s wartime role but cite major representation gap, WIZO study finds

WIZO in Strasbourg, 2009

'Rebuilding Israeli society': WIZO opens annual Meeting of Representatives in Tel Aviv


Saying it with flowers

NGO’s Tu Be’av campaign urges gov’t to combat domestic violence

MK Isaac Herzog at WIZO Tu Be’Av campaign, August 7, 2017.

Raya Jaglom, ex-WIZO president for 26 years, dies at 98

The Romanian-born fundraiser championed kindness.

Former WIZO president Raya Janglom

WIZO bestows its ‘Mark of Shame’ award to Maelys for most sexist commercial of 2016

The Mark of Shame campaign’s aim is to lead to a change in the presentation of the female body in advertising and to raise awareness of the social damage advertisements can cause.

Maelys facial cream commercial

WIZO promotes women and children's right in the United Nations

"The WIZO UN delegation serves their role as Israel's ambassadors," World WIZO chairwoman Prof. Rivka Lazovsky says.

WIZO representatives in the U.N. with Prof. Rivka Lazovsky. Left to right: Dr. Hava Bugajer, president of WIZO Austria, Mirelle Manocherian, vice president of WIZO U.S., Prof. Rivka Lazovsky, chairwoman of world WIZO, and Anne Argi, honorary member of WIZO Switzerland.

WIZO UK Commitment Awards brings six social activists to Israel

The Commitment Awards, in its second year, recognizes individuals who address the needs of others through social activism.

Winners of the WIZO UK Commitment award with Ambassador David Quarrey in Tel Aviv

The challenge of the Diaspora: Fighting anti-Semitism

‘Education is the most important thing,’ WIZO USA vice president tells ‘Post’ at quadrennial Tel Aviv confab

Anti-semitism

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.

Female combat soldiers in the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion train in urban warfare.

WIZO was Israel’s first social start-up, says organization's outgoing president

Tova Ben-Dov sat down with The Jerusalem Post to talk about the past, present and future of WIZO, which is celebrating 95 years.

Tova Ben-Dov

Women of WIZO from 40 nations get ready for Tel Aviv mega-bash

WIZO members from 40 countries to gather in Tel Aviv for quadrennial event.

WIZO members from 40 countries to gather in Tel Aviv for quadrennial event

PM pledges ‘significant steps’ against domestic violence

Netanyahu’s comments mark International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with women living at a WIZO and government sponsored shelter for victims of domestic violence, during a tour marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.