WIZO

Two new adolescent units open at WIZO shelter for survivors of domestic violence

Until now, older teenagers accompanying their mothers were often forced to remain behind or live in conditions that did not meet their developmental needs.

 Efrat Sharabi from the Welfare Ministry, WIZO chairperson Anita Friedman, WIZO Australia federation president Michele Spiro, and World WIZO president Anat Vidor.
A WIZO report points at rising teen dating violence. (Ilustration)

WIZO warns in annual report of rising teen dating violence, nat’l data breakdown

Tova Ben-Dov 521

Tova Ben-Dov, Honorary Life President of World WIZO, passes away at 88

Anat Vidor, President of WIZO

Beyond Budgets and Shortages: What Teachers Really Protect


WIZO SA, Israeli NGO donate wheelchairs to needy children in S. Africa

Each wheelchair is adorned with a sticker that reads "To the children of South Africa with love from Israel."

Members of WIZO South Africa, Israeli NGO Wheelchairs of Hope and the Israeli Embassy pose with nurses and disabled children at Maitland Cottage Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital in Cape Town

Grapevine: Remembering Raya

Jewish outreach in some parts of the United States, especially California, includes the Hispanic community.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman stands at the Western Wall after lighting the menorah there for the second night of Hanukkah, 2018

WIZO: Seventeen deaths to domestic violence in 2017

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.

My Grandmother's Fur Coat, My Great Aunts and My Sisterhood Seeking

The Jerusalem Post

TV network president 'stepping aside' over sexual assault allegations

Israeli network executive Alex Gilady denies accusations of rape and harassment.

Neri Livneh

Court: Okay for WIZO Settlement Division to build on behalf of state

Two NGOs protested a law that allows WIZO to skirt around pre-existing legislation.

HOUSES IN the Jewish community of Efrat

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.