Amid a recent spate of violence against women, local authorities, non-governmental organizations and high-tech companies announced over the weekend that female employees would be allowed to miss work to attend countrywide protests on Tuesday.
Tuesday's protests under the headline of "I'm a woman, I'm striking" were triggered by the recent murders of 13-year-old Sylvana Tsegai and 16-year-old Yara Ayoub, alongside the government's refusal to establish a parliamentary inquiry committee on the matter of violence against women.
The planned strike has generated a media tailwind and the municipalities of Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Haifa announced that their female employees would be encouraged to strike.
The National Union of Israeli Students also said it was joining the protest and would encourage the organization's female employees to attend Tuesday's protests in support of an immediate national solution to the problem.
"This is our time to take to the streets and make our voices heard!" one of the protest organizers said. "On Tuesday we are all striking … we won't leave the streets until the issue of women's lives is at the top the national agenda."
In addition to several strikes planned across the country on Tuesday, the main demonstration is scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv at 7:30 p.m.
Additional protests were expected to be held on Sunday and Monday, along with countrywide distribution of stickers and posters.
