Israel
Parliament
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Yariv
Levin
(Male)
Year of birth
1969
Additional information
Elected on 17 May 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Yardena
Meller-Horovitz
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
2 April 2010 -
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sondos Saleh (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
72
Oldest member
Haim Katz (Male)
Members for whom no data is available
IPU does not contain age and gender data for all chambers of parliament.
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 38 | Total >= 46: 82 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1948
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1948
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1948
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1949
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2006
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Lobby for the Prevention of Violence Against Women and for Women's Rights
(July 2020)
Formal or informal
Informal
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
A Knesset Lobby is a group of Knesset Members who want to enlist support for or against a policy or group amongst their colleagues or other government officials.
A Lobby operates only during the term of the Knesset. It is not an official Knesset body, thus the Knesset is not involved in the action plans or rules of the Members' Lobbies and does not provide any funding.
A Lobby operates only during the term of the Knesset. It is not an official Knesset body, thus the Knesset is not involved in the action plans or rules of the Members' Lobbies and does not provide any funding.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
No
Activities
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
No
The caucus has a communication plan
No
Contact information for the Committee
Address
The Knesset - MK Keren Barak
Kiryat Ben Gurion
Jerusalem 9195016
Israel
Phone
+972-026408307
+972-026408308
E-mail