Professor Daphna Hacker

Professor Daphna Hacker is a legal scholar and a sociologist. She is a full professor at the Law Faculty and the Women and Gender Studies Program, Tel Aviv University. Her socio-legal research focuses on the intersection of law, families and gender. Hacker has published numerous articles in leading legal and socio-legal journals, and is the author of three books. She is also a known Israeli feminist activist who has won prizes for her contribution to the promotion of women’s status in her country. She currently serves as an expert member of the International Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2023-26, and as the chair of the Israel Women’s Network.

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A woman holds a protest sign in Hebrew, English, and Arabic at a demonstration, surrounded by others.

Hundreds of Israeli Feminists Calling the International Community to Save Israel from Its Government

October 6, 2025

The call of 750 Jewish Israeli feminists and activists urges standing together in their struggle to end the war.

Professor Daphna Hacker

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Hundreds of Israeli Feminists Calling the International Community to Save Israel from Its Government

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