Chen Arieli, Deputy Mayor and council member responsible for cultural activities in the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality. She is also the Chairperson of Igy – Israel Gay Youth NGO and the founding chairperson of Shittah, the Institute for Local Policy. Previously, Chen served as the Israeli National LGBT Chairperson of the Israeli National LGBT Task Force. She was also one of the leaders of the women’s protest and one of the founders of the women’s movement “I Am A Woman” and the feminist emergency special headquarters that was set up due to the COVID-19 crisis. For the past 20 years, Chen has been a social activist in the fields of feminism and human rights. In addition, she is a lecturer and spokesperson for healthy body image and women’s empowerment. She lives in Tel Aviv. She is a co-founder of the Co.Lab Initiative “Dugri, the Israeli Cohesion Network,” which believes in cooperation as a value for achieving social change.