Women in Israel

Women in Israel
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)5 (2018)
Women in parliament29.16% (2022)[1]
Women over 25 with secondary education82.7% (2010)
Women in labour force64.2%, employment rate
2014 data from OECD[2]
Gender Inequality Index[3]
Value0.083 (2021)
Rank22nd out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[4]
Value0.727 (2022)
Rank60th out of 146

Women in Israel comprise 50.26 percent of the state's population as of 2019.[5] While Israel lacks an official constitution, the Israeli Declaration of Independence of 1948 states that “The State of Israel (…) will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”

Israeli law prohibits discrimination based on gender in matters such as employment and wages, and provides for class-action lawsuits. However, in tandem, sexist wage disparities between men and women remain an issue in parts of the state.[6] In a 2012 survey of 59 developed countries, Israel ranked 11th for participation of women in the workplace. In the same survey, Israel was ranked 24th for the proportion of women serving in executive positions of power.[7]

In 2018, South African firm New World Wealth ranked Israel as the eighth-safest country in the world for women.[8]

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  3. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Population, female (% of total population) - Israel | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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  7. ^ Lior, Gad (7 March 2012). "Israel ranks 24th in number of women executives". Ynetnews. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  8. ^ Pash, Chris (23 January 2018). "The 10 safest countries in the world for women". Business Insider. Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2019.