Hundreds of women holding Israeli flags protest in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish suburb of Tel Aviv against what they said was rising gender-based segregation, especially on public transport. The protest in Bnei Brak came after media reports that several bus drivers in recent weeks had forced women to either sit in the back or simply refused to take them on board.
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00:30 We're here today to march, have a women's march into Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox city in the heart of Israel.
00:38 We're here to show our presence, that women are 51% of the population everywhere, including in the ultra-Orthodox society.
00:47 And we want to be heard, we want to be seen. We cannot be excluded or eliminated from the public sphere.
00:55 I have a 10-year-old daughter. I'm afraid that she won't be able to grow up freely and have every opportunity that she can have.
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