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Israeli women excluded from decision-making on coronavirus

Israeli women are excluded from the government’s decision-making process on the coronavirus, even though they are the first ones to suffer the social and economic consequences of the pandemic.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman wearing a protective face mask, returns from shopping in Jerusalem's neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, on April 12, 2020, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman wearing a protective face mask returns from shopping in Jerusalem's neighborhood of Mea Shearim, during the coronavirus pandemic, April 12, 2020. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

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