1. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari is an Israeli legal scholar and international women's rights advocate who is known for her work on family law, feminist legal theory, women's rights in international law, and women and religion.
11 Facts About Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women from 2006 to 2018 and was the committee's vice chair during several terms.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari is professor of law at the Bar-Ilan University and is the founding academic director of the Ruth and Emanuel Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari is involved in international academic collaborations on the theme of women, state, and religion, and participates in international litigations as an expert on Israeli family law.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was one of the first recipients of the US Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award for her work on international women's rights in 2007.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was ranked as one of the world's hundred most influential people in gender equality policy in 2018.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari studied law at the Bar-Ilan University, where she earned her LL.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari is professor of law at the Bar-Ilan University; in 2001 she founded the Ruth and Emanuel Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women, a social-legal centre that works to advance gender justice, and she has served as the centre's academic director since its establishment.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was elected by the state parties to a four-year term on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2006 and was vice chairperson of the committee from 2009 to 2010.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was reelected to her second term on the committee in 2010 and to her third term in 2014.
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Ruth Halperin-Kaddari was again elected vice chairperson of the committee in 2017.