Women conspicuously absent from Israel’s coronavirus management

Published: 17 April 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The focus on ultra-Orthodox communities has hidden the gender disparities that reveal women have been harder hit economically and otherwise

NAOMI CHAZAN: What’s missing from COVID-19 management? Women (Times of Israel)
Full recovery won't happen without including gender disparities that reveal women have been harder hit economically and otherwise

ZEHAVA GALON: Even when lives are in the balance, Israel excludes women and Arabs (Haaretz)

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Photo: An Israeli woman wearing a protective mask as another woman carries a six-pack of mineral water, April (Ofer Vaknin)