Number of working Orthodox women on the rise
Over the past few years more and more ultra-Orthodox women are seeking work in the secular Israeli labor market, though not everyone in ultra-Orthodox society accepts this.
![To match Feature ISRAEL-ULTRAORTHODOX/ECONOMY An ultra-Orthodox woman works at Matrix Global, a hi-tech company, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit April 3, 2011. Ultra-Orthodox or "Haredi" women are exempt from the demands of religious studies imposed on men and the Bank of Israel says the past decade has seen "a significant increase" in ultra-Orthodox women's employment rate, now almost at 60 percent. To match Feature ISRAEL-ULTRAORTHODOX/ECONOMY Picture taken April 3, 2011 REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION BUSINE](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR2L7OU.jpg/RTR2L7OU.jpg?h=5021389d&itok=mhDVZwoN)
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