No equality here in Israel as role of women declines
Tel Aviv report notes women's public life drops since 1948 with few cabinet posts or top jobs. Only eight of 120 Knesset members are women, no female mayors, and women mostly in service sectors. A 240‑point plan urges education overhaul and an equal opportunity law to curb job discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Poyas
Tel Aviv
Reuter
Israel
Golda Meir
Knesset
Supreme Court
Karti
Menachem Begin
Life of Kingston painter Essie Epplett shines at exhibit
Kingston artist Essie Epplett, aged 81, speaks of lifelong love for painting begun at 57 after raising four children. Flora MacDonald opened an exhibition of her watercolors and oils, noting her bold strokes and optimistic outlook despite personal losses, including two husbands and a son killed overseas.
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Kingston, Ont
Essie Epplett
Flora MacDonald
George Swinton
Queen’s University
Kingston
Toronto
Westbrook
Essie
Cypress View Foundation strawberry tea and 50th Riverside gala
Cypress View Foundation hosts a strawberry tea at Tecoda Lodge, 722 Bassett Cres. N.W. on June 17 from 2 to 4 pm featuring handicrafts baking and a white elephant sale. Riverside Book Club marks 50 years with a June 21 gala at Travelodge Motor Inn at 6 pm with memories, roll call and guests. Contacts Nelta Drever and Caroline Fiaig.
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Cypress View Foundation
Tecoda Lodge
Bassett Cres
N.W
Riverside Book Club
Travelodge Motor Inn
Nelta Drever
Caroline Fiaig
Winners Named in Black Knight Chess Tournament
Norman Carlson and Dwayne Roth won first prize in the Black Knight chess event held at the public library. Stu Neufeld finished second, Gerhardt Aberhardt third, with Swiss pairing limiting each player to five games. The library and Medicine Hat Chess Club jointly sponsored the event with cash prizes.
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Norman Carlson
Dwayne Roth
Stu Neufeld
Gerhardt Aberhardt
The
Library
Medicine Hat Chess Club
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Medicine Hat News
Zohar Karti
Labor Ministry
Asia
Africa
Committee On the Status of Women
C.D. Ressler
W. Krewski
St. Patrick's
Medicine Hat
Audrey Joan Rieger
Cyril Dean Ressler
John Rieger
Peter Ressler
Gainsboro Photo
DEAS
Canadian Cancer Society
South East
Alberta
Bonnie Weir
Bow Island
Ariana Alcock
Tanis Schirock
Randy Drescher
Rick Manz
Dean Lawson
Redcliff
Mitchell Mazerolle
Keeley Webster
Brooks
Richard Hanson
Angie Lehr
Susan Douglas
Lisa Conklin
Frank Webber
Lennox
C&d
Joe Weigel
John Lawrence
River View Nursing Home
St. Margaret’s Church
Sam Stone
St. S. E
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Kodiak
J. Lim
Donna van Bosch
Calgary
Lynn Ziebart
Donna Baynes
Paulette Both
Debbie Carlson
City of Medicine
Hat Community Services Division
Thut
Preventive Social Services
1St Street
S.E
Tia
Hill Hardware
Aberdeen Shopping
Lacombe Nursery Centre
Stampede Grounds
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