Bar Levy, Founder and CEO of HaBait Shel Bar – Israel’s Women’s Cancer Association, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“International Women’s Day is a moment that invites us to pause, reflect, and take stock – personally and collectively – of our position and reality as women.
For me, it is also an opportunity to think about the women who shaped who I am, first and foremost my mother, Sarit Rozenberg Levy, of blessed memory.
My mother was a strong, wise, and deeply compassionate woman. Through the way she lived her life, she taught me what responsibility toward others truly means, what determination looks like, and what it means to stand tall even in the most difficult moments. When she became ill, I witnessed her facing the disease like a lioness. Together, we saw up close the gaps, the fears, and the loneliness that many women experience when confronting gynecologic cancer.
The day my mother passed away – my journey was also born.
A journey in which my story turned into an iron shield protecting others -because every woman’s future is worth the fight.
For me, transforming my personal story into a shield that protects other women is the way I continue my mother’s legacy.
International Women’s Day is not only a day of celebration.
It is also a reminder of our responsibility as a society: to see women, to listen to them, and to ensure that their future is safer, more equal, and healthier.
Because the health and future of every woman is truly worth the fight.
Thank you to photographer Moses Pini Siluk for this meaningful International Women’s Day project, capturing the stories behind the faces. A project that feels especially important in times like these – when priorities shift, we must not forget ourselves.
If my story can become a shield for other women – then our pain was not in vain.
I would like to thank my amazing team at HaBait Shel Bar – Israel’s Women’s Cancer Association (RA) who help me fulfill my mother’s unwritten will every day.”
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