Israel was the natural choice to host the first ever Forbes “Under 30 Global Women’s Summit” according to the chief content officer, Randall Lane. From March 31 to April 4, 2019 , the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem will welcome the participate of the Global Summit that will bring together the most powerful women leaders from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia and will focus on women in leadership and entrepreneurialism. There will be 80 percent of female particpants, leaving 20% of spots reserved for males.
Throughout a five day experience, some 600 participants from 50 countries will enjoy workshops focused on propelling women led businesses, a visit to the Tel Aviv stock Exchange, to the Old City of Jerusalem and a fashion show in Jerusalem historic Mahaneh marketplace.
“Israel is a great place to show how we can accelerate the cause of women in leadership.” Forbes chief content officer has confided.
Women have always held an important position within the Israeli society, a prime example is Golda Meir, prime minister from 1969 – 1974. Israeli women have born their full share of civil responsibilities including Military service from the first days of the country in 1948. In fact, Israeli is the only state where women conscription to the army is mandatory, and the number of women in combat rolls is not only growing but in accedes the ratio per capita of women fighters in other army including the US army.
One of latest’s national pride in Israel is the significant increase in women wanting to join combat units in the military field, from 547 in 2012 to 2656 more women in 2017 and 1000 more last summer. “In the past month, another 1,000 female soldiers drafted into field units — an all-time record. Gender equality is good for everyone. A happy recruitment to you all,” Deputy Minister Michael Oren tweeted
The integration of women in Israeli society might start at the Army service but is certainly doesn’t end there, the president of the Israeli supreme court is a woman, Judge Esther Hayut and women in Israel represent 65% of the civil service sector.
The Israeli missions in Brussels (both the one to the EU and the one to Belgium) has 5 women diplomats of the 10 diplomats posted in the missions.
Israeli is proud to host the Forbes Global women’s summit. The Summit will be a wonderful end note to the month of March, which is starting with International Women’s day.
International Women’s Day 2019 is widely shared on social media as #IWD2019 and will take place on March 8 to spread the common theme of “Better the balance, better the world.” Events will take place all around the world to celebrate women’s achievements and to defend the equality between genders.
The Mission of Israel wishes a Happy Women Day to all the Wonder Women within our mission and around the world!