Nava Arad

Nava Arad (Hebrew: נאוה ארד‎, born 4 December 1938) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1981 and 1992, and again from 1995 until 1996.

Biography

Born in kibbutz Hulda during the Mandate era, Arad served as a welfare sergeant in Nahal brigade during her national service in the IDF. She gained a BA from the Beit Berl Teachers College, another bachelor's degree in social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MA in social administration and social policy from the University of London.

She worked as a teacher and social worker, and became national secretary of the Social Workers Union. She chaired the Committee for Income Maintenance in the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Society and Welfare during Yitzhak Rabin's second spell as Prime Minister, as well as the Workers' Faction in the Bituah Leumi council. She was also a member of the Histadrut central committee, secretary general of Na'amat, and vice-president and Middle East representative of Socialist International Women.