Over the past months, JICC’s Plugta program, together with the Movilot organization, has launched a new initiative focused on women’s leadership and mediation, bringing together Haredi and non-Haredi women in a shared learning and action space.
The group is designed for women in or moving toward leadership roles, offering practical tools in mediation alongside a broader framework of social engagement. Participants are not only learning how to resolve conflict, but also how to lead initiatives that bridge gaps between different sectors of Israeli society.
What makes this group unique is its composition. Haredi and non-Haredi women, who rarely have structured opportunities to engage deeply with one another, are meeting regularly, building trust, and developing a shared language around leadership, responsibility, and cooperation.
As part of the program, participants also visited the President’s Residence, where they engaged with broader questions of cohesion in Israeli society and reflected on their role as women leaders working across divides.
This initiative reflects our core approach: dialogue that leads to capacity. By combining mediation training with real-world leadership development, the program equips participants not only to understand differences, but to actively work through them.
In a reality where social fragmentation often feels inevitable, these women are building something different: leadership that connects, rather than separates.
Thank you to the President’s Office