Background
Shasha-Biton was born in Kiryat Shmona in 1973, the daughter of a nurse and the owner of a transportation company.
Shasha-Biton was born in Kiryat Shmona in 1973, the daughter of a nurse and the owner of a transportation company.
In 2002 she received her doctorate in education from the University of Haifa, having already obtained bachelor"s and master"s degrees in education at the same university. She focused her doctoral dissertation on the influence of education on how Israeli and Palestinian students "understand the concept of peace."
In 2008 she ran for mayor of Kiryat Shmona, and was appointed Deputy Mayor and head of the Education and Youth department at the City Council. In the 2013 local elections she was elected to the City Council.
Prior to the 2015 elections she joined the new Kulanu party, and was placed seventh on its list.
Shasha-Biton is focusing her work in the Knesset on social and education issues, in an effort to reduce social gaps and eradicate injustices. In particular, her goal is to improve the educational standards in Israel’s more impoverished communities.
She serves as chair of the Knesset Special Committee for the Rights of the Child. In early 2016 she held discussion with child advocates, including “Lo Tishtok” (Thou Shall Not Be Silent), a group offering support to ultra-Orthodox victims of sexual abuse.
Yitzhak Kadman, then executive director of the Israel National Council for the Child, and Manny Waks, the chief executive officer of Kol v’Ounces
In addition, changes must be made in legislation and law enforcement to bring those who harm to justice.”.
She currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu. She became Vice President of Ohalo College, a teacher training college in Katzrin, and was also a member of the board at Tel-Hai Technological College.
