Friday, September 21, 2018

Israeli Court Fines Ultra-Orthodox Radio Station; Fines It $280K for Not Permitting Women on Air

An Israeli district court has fined a radio station owned by ultra-Orthodox Jews one million shekels (about $280,000) for its longstanding refusal to allow women to speak on its programs, the Religion News website reports today (September 21, 2018).

The court's September 20 ruling was the culmination of a 2012 class-action suit filed on behalf of ultra-Orthodox women who had been denied the right to speak on the air at the station, Kol Barama.

The case was brought by Kolech, an Orthodox women's advocacy organization.

Yael Rockman, Kolech's executive director, said after the suit was filed, the station slowly began to let women speak on air, but only on mainly female-related topics like recipes. She added the station is allowing more women on the air today, but not in equal numbers to men.

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