Women Should Be Seen & Heard - November 2011

Advertisers are caving in to the demands of extremist ultra-Orthodox groups. They’re dropping photos of women from posters and billboards in Jerusalem. As a result, images of women are now conspicuously absent from the city’s streets. Even ballet studios and women’s clothing stores have stopped using photos of women.

We can’t let women be erased from the public eye. That’s a dangerous erosion of the status of women. And it’s a slippery slope.  

NIF is responding. We’re dedicating extra resources -- $35,000 over the next few weeks -- to a series of initiatives that will address the issue. We’re also compiling photos of women holding this sign into posters that we’ll hang in Jerusalem.

Click here for Guardian article on this campaign.

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