WIZO – Leadership Academy

For a number of years, WIZO has conducted lectures and encouraged voluntary dialogue with Israel’s female incarcerated prisoner on topics surrounding gender-based violence and women’s issues. Before the pandemic lockdowns, these meetings took place in Israel’s only women’s prison, the Neve Tirza Prison in Ramla, where Muslims, Christians and Jewish female prisoners live alongside each other. Since the pandemic, the lectures have been run online with active participation by prisoners willing to make their voices heard. WIZO counsellors and volunteers work closely with the prison authority, to ensure the topics are suitable, empowering and educational.

The WIZO Leadership Academy program, operated in WIZO Israel branches, trains and inspires young Israeli women to become agents for change, promote social activism within their communities, elevate women’s status and create equality. The goal is to equip young women with the tools they need to aspire to a higher office within Israeli government.