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In a daycare center where one teacher is expected to care for six children, it is difficult if not impossible to reach every child. “It’s hard and it is painful,” said Orly Sharabi, who runs a WIZO daycare center in Tel Aviv. She has been working with the organization for 33 years and told The … Read more
Dear Chaverot, I trust this finds you all keeping well and safe. I have received this very extensive latest update from World WIZO and I urge you to please take the time and read this and share it with your members and executives. The huge surge in coronavirus infections caused by the Omicron variant has … Read more
Because of pandemic surge, the Taboola internet marketing company had to cancel its New Years celebrations, but turned their misfortune to joy by donating all the food it had ordered to the women and children taking part in WIZO’s “Safety Net” program in WIZO Israel centers in Hadera, Kiryat Yam and Carmiel. WIZO’s Safety Net … Read more
WIZO Nahalal Youth Village is participating in a unique educational cycling program operated by Bartali –Youth in Movement, an NGO named in commemoration of “The Righteous Among Nations” Gino Bartali, the Italian cycling legend and only athlete to win the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, before and after WWII. During the war, Bartali … Read more
Bar Mitzvah celebrations were held yesterday for Ahuzat Yeladim students. Congratulations to our young men. Such pride! The children at WIZO Australia’s Ahuzat Yeladim in Haifa are faced with many challenges and a difficult reality. We are here to provide them with equal opportunities. These moments, when they look like all other children who have … Read more
Dear WIZO members and supporters, I am proud and delighted to be able to inform you of another great achievement for WIZO: the passing of a new law requiring violent men to undergo psychological and behavioral therapy. The full story is below (Jerusalem Post here). Knesset passes WIZO Law Requiring Therapy for Violent Men The Knesset … Read more
From World WIZO Chairperson Anita Friedman: “When they are abandoned to their fate – we should be perturbed about their future, troubled not only by the violence itself and the rate at which it is increasing, but also from the fact that nobody is disturbed by this phenomenon. Tens of thousands of women have been … Read more
Ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, figures show 26 women were murdered by their partners in Israel in 2020 The number of domestic violence complaints between spouses in Israel jumped by 315 percent in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released on Sunday. Ahead … Read more
My dear WIZO friends, from all of us in Tel Aviv, a sweet Shana Tova to you all. May it be filled with happiness, health, and meaningful WIZO work.
WIZO NSW recently held, on zoom, a quarterly State Council & Executive Meeting. President Diane Symonds gave an update on Israel: Last month, WIZO’s 101st birthday was celebrated at an event for approximately 200 volunteers, staff and guests at the Hadassim youth village. Highlights included a panel of WIZO’s experts, and guest speaker Gila Almagor, … Read more
WIZO is recognised by the United Nations as a Non-Government Organisation, with consultative status on ECOSOC and UNICEF.
