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Fighting for Our Home

We Raise Our Voices

Advocacy

Representing the interests of reservist families in the Knesset, government ministries, and the IDF to promote policy change and secure rights for reservist families.

We Work So Reservists’ Wives Can Work

Employment & Professional Development

Developing a systemic, multi-layered response to employment challenges by safeguarding workplace rights, offering professional retraining, and building partnerships with leading companies to support job placement and employer incentives.

The Resilience of Reservists’ families is National Resilience

Emotional Support

Developing standards and tailored solutions for the unique emotional needs of reservists’ wives and their children, including accessible counselling and community-based mental health support.

Generating Data That Drives Public Policy

Reservist Families Report 2025⟶

Data & Research

Building a reliable knowledge base through surveys and research to better understand how reserve duty affects families and using these insights to shape public policy.

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How It All Began

“Behind every reservist stands a family.”
According to IDF data, approximately 100,000 reservists have families. On October 7, tens of thousands of women were suddenly left to manage their homes and families alone.

The Forum was founded by these very women - partners of reservists who chose to take action and refuse to remain invisible. They came together to ensure that the price women pay does not remain invisible: the economic, professional and emotional toll of prolonged reserve duty, when they must run their homes, raise their children and earn a living as if their partners were still there every day.

The Forum was founded in November 2023 and today includes more than 20,000 women from families in which a partner was called up for reserve duty. The Forum represents approximately 100,000 reservist families - nearly 1% of Israel’s population - and works to ensure recognition for the women who hold their families together on the home front, making sure their challenges, sacrifices and rights are no longer overlooked.

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A growing community of over 20,000 reservists’ wives

Community

Nurturing a community of reservist wives who enjoy shared content and peer support, and organising events for specific sub‑communities, such as former partners of reservists or families from Haredi and Druze sectors.

Helping Women Access Their Rights

Rights Assistance

Providing clear information and hands-on assistance to ensure reservists’ wives can realise their legal rights and benefits.

Working with Over 70 Municipalities Across Israel

Local Authorities

Working with municipalities to promote policies and develope local support systems for reservist families.

Bringing the voices of reservists’ families into the public conversation

Public Awareness & Media

Raising public awareness of the reality and challenges faced by reservist families through creative content, storytelling and engagement with traditional media, ensuring our voices and experiences are heard and understood across Israeli society.

Key Achievements

Over 40 local authorities participate in the "Reservists in the Plenum" initiative, dedicating municipal council meetings to discussing and advancing the needs of reservist families.

January - March 2025

Additional government resolutions promoted and drafted by the Forum – bringing total support for reservist families to 27 billion NIS.

June 2025

More Forum Achievements ⟶

Launching a learning forum with approximately 10 organizations in the emotional well-being sector to integrate and manage knowledge on treating reservist families.