In this talk Dr Elana Sztokman, the 2016 National Council of Jewish Women Australia (NCJWA) Scholar will  look at areas such as wage gaps, political participation, business ownership, personal status issues, women's education, women in the army and reproductive rights to reflect on the  status of women in Israel and other countries, including Australia.

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Dr Elana Maryles Sztokman is the Founding Director of the Centre for Jewish Feminism. She holds a doctorate in education and sociology from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and wrote her dissertation on the identity development of adolescent religious girls in school. She has written three books on Jewish feminism – The Men’s Section, Educating in the Divine Image (with Dr Chaya Gorsetman), and The War on Women in Israel. The first two won the National Jewish Book Council award. Elana writes regularly about feminist issues in Judaism in many forums: The Atlantic Slate, The Forward, Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, Lilith, The Australian Jewish News, JOFA Journal, Jewish Educational Leadership, and more.

A flyer with more details about Dr Elana Maryles Sztokman's tour in Australia is available below.

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